David Fernea v. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

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NO. 03-09-00566-CV

David Fernea, Appellant

v.

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 200TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. D-1-GN-09-002195, HONORABLE JOHN K. DIETZ, JUDGE PRESIDING

M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N

The parties have filed a joint motion to abate this appeal pending settlement negotiations in a related case. The motion is granted and the appeal is abated. The parties shall submit either a joint status report concerning the status of settlement negotiations or a motion to dismiss on or before March 1, 2012.

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J. Woodfin Jones, Chief Justice

Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Puryear and Pemberton

Abated

Filed: September 23, 2011