Hartford Life Insurance Company and Hartford Comprehensive Employee Benefit Service Company v. Rapid Settlements, LTD.

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: September 23, 2010
• Docket: 14-09-00169-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Vacated and Remanded and Memorandum Opinion filed September 23, 2010.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-09-00169-CV

HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and HARTFORD COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYEE BENEFIT SERVICE COMPANY, Appellants

V.

RAPID SETTLEMENTS, LTD., Appellee

On Appeal from the County Civil Court at Law No. 1

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 913150

MEMORANDUM  OPINION

This is an appeal from a judgment signed November 17, 2008.  On April 8, 2010, this court granted appellee’s unopposed motion to abate the appeal pending completion of the parties’ settlement negotiations. 

On September 8, 2009, the parties filed a joint motion to set aside or vacate the judgment and remand the cause to the trial court for rendition of judgment in accordance with the parties= settlement agreement.  See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1.  We reinstate the appeal and grant the motion.

Accordingly, we set aside and vacate the judgment signed November 17, 2008, without regard to the merits, and we remand the cause to the trial court for rendition of a judgment in accordance with the parties= agreement.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Hedges and Justices Yates and Sullivan.