Joeris General Contractors, Ltd. v. Rolando Cumpian

Opinion

ACCEPTED

FILED 04-15-00481-CV 7/31/2015 1:36:28 PM FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS Donna Kay McKinney SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Bexar County District Clerk 8/3/2015 10:30:14 AM Accepted By: Consuelo Gomez KEITH HOTTLE CLERK

CAUSE NO. 2013-CI-14392

ROLANDO CUMPIAN, § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF FILED IN

Plaintiff § 4th COURT OF APPEALS § SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS § 8/3/2015 10:30:14 AM v.

§ 285TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT KEITH E. HOTTLE

§ (Transferred to the 45th)

Clerk

JOERIS GENERAL CONTRACTORS, §

LTD. § Defendant § BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS

NOTICE OF APPEAL

Defendant, Joeris General Contractors, Ltd., files this Notice of Appeal from

the Final Judgment and would show as follows:

1. Defendant, Joeris General Contractors, Ltd., desires to appeal from

the Final Judgment entered in Rolando Cumpian v. Joeris General Contractors,

Ltd., No. 2013-CI-14392, and signed by the Honorable Stephani Walsh of the 45th

Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas, on May 11, 2015.

2. Defendant, Joeris General Contractors, Ltd. appeals to the Fourth

District Court of Appeals, sitting in San Antonio, Texas.

3. Joeris General Contractors, Ltd., files this notice to state its desire and

intent to appeal from the Final Judgment signed on May 11, 2015, a copy of which

is attached hereto as Exhibit 1, and all other orders, rulings, findings, and

conclusions of the Court adverse to Joeris General Contractors, Ltd.—whether

during trial, pre-trial, or post-trial—including but not limited to the Court’s orders

denying Joeris General Contractors, Ltd.’s Motion for Instructed Verdict, Motion

for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict, Supplemental Motion for Judgment

Notwithstanding the Verdict and to Set Aside Certain Jury Findings, and Motion

for New Trial.

4. Defendant, Joeris General Contractors, Ltd., timely filed a Motion for

New Trial on June 10, 2015. This Notice of Appeal is timely because it is filed

within ninety (90) days of the date of judgment. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(a)(1);

see also Tex. R. App. P. 4.1(a).

5. A copy of this Notice of Appeal will be filed in the Fourth Court of

Appeals with the docketing statement and served on all parties to the Court’s Final

Judgment. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.1(e); 32.1.

Dated: July 31, 2015.

Respectfully submitted,

By: ___/s/ David Gaultney____ DAVID GAULTNEY MEHAFFYWEBER, P.C. 823 Congress Avenue, Suite 200 Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone: (512) 394-3840 Facsimile: (512) 394-3860 State Bar No. 07765300 davidgaultney@mehaffyweber.com

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MARCELLA A. DELLA CASA State Bar No. 24009862 Email: mdellacasa@burlesonllp.com REBECCA C. BERGERON State Bar No. 24075353 Email: rbergeron@burlesonllp.com BURLESON LLP Weston Centre 112 East Pecan Street, Suite 700 San Antonio, Texas 78205 Telephone: (210) 870-2620 Facsimile: (210) 870-2626

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT, JOERIS GENERAL CONTRACTORS, LTD.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing instrument was served via electronic transmission on the 31st day of July, 2015, on the following counsel of record:

Mr. R. Scott Westlund Mr. Jay Moore Mr. Brian C. Steward Mr. Ryan A. Todd KETTERMAN, ROWLAND & WESTLUND 16500 San Pedro, Suite 302 San Antonio, Texas 78232 Mr. Thad D. Spalding KELLY, DURHAM & PITTARD, L.L.P. P.O. Box 224626 Dallas, Texas 75222 Attorneys for Plaintiff

___/s/ Rebecca C. Bergeron____ REBECCA C. BERGERON

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