John Green v. Memorial Park Medical Center, Inc.

CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas
DecidedMarch 24, 2015
Docket03-15-00141-CV
StatusPublished

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John Green v. Memorial Park Medical Center, Inc., (Tex. Ct. App. 2015).

Opinion

ACCEPTED 03-15-00141-CV 4624767 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 3/24/2015 3:41:17 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK

NO. 03-15-00141-CV FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS

IN THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS 3/24/2015 3:41:17 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE AUSTIN, TEXAS Clerk

JOHN GREEN, Appellant

v. MEMORIAL PARK MEDICAL CENTER, INC. Appellee

Appealed from 126th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas

APPELLEE'S MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL

Oral Arguments Requested

Frederick F. Hoelke Attorney at Law State Bar No. 09775600 26545 IH-10 West Boerne Texas 78006 fredhoelke@aol.com (210)-444-0999 Telephone (210)-787-3881 Facsimile Appellee's Motion to Dismiss Appeal For Lack of Jurisdiction Pursuant to Rule 42.3a of 1 the Texas Rules ofAppellate Procedure APPELLEE'S MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION

Comes Now, Appellee, Memorial Park Medical Center, Inc., and asks the

Court to dismiss Appellant John Green's appeal or, in the alternative, to affirm the

trial court's judgment.

RELIEF REQUESTED

Dismiss this appeal pursuant to Rule 42.3 a of the Texas Rules of Appellate

Procedure.

INTRODUCTION

1. Appellant's name is John Green; Appellee's name is Memorial Park Medical

Center, Inc.

2. The 126th Court of Travis County, Texas signed the final judgment in the

underlying case: Memorial Park Medical Center, Inc. v. John Green, Cause No.

D-1-GN-14-000373 on March 13, 2014 in favor of Appellee and against Appellant.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

3. 126th District Court entered a Temporary Restraining Order against John

Green and his counsel on the 7th day of February, 2014.

4. A hearing was set by Appellant challenging the Temporary Restraining

Order and setting Appellants motions to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction, Request

for Sanctions, and Motion to Transfer Venue for the 18th day of February 2014.

Appellee's Motion to Dismiss Appeal For Lack of Jurisdiction Pursuant to Rule 42.Ja of 2 tlie Texas Rules ofAppellate Procedure 5. All the appellant's motions were heard and vigorously disputed by the court;

however, no order denying the motions was entered. The trial court extended the

injunction to the hearing set on the 4th of March, 2014.

6. On the 4th day of March, 2014 the trial court heard the Appellant Green's

Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction, Request for Sanctions, Motion to

Transfer Venue and Motion to Reconsider.

7. After a full hearing, inclusive of exhaustive arguments of counsel, the 126th

District Court denied appellant Green's motions.

8. The trial court entered a final judgment on the 13th day of March, 2014 in

the form of a permanent injunction. A copy is attached as Exhibit 1. The trial

court's final judgment thereby resulted in preventing Defendant Green from

executing on its Abstract of Judgment.

9. On the 18th day of March, 2014 Appellee and Appellant both received a fax

from the office of the District Judges, 1261h District Court, which was a copy of

the final order entered on the 13th day of March, 2014.

10. On the 14th day of April 2014, Appellee, by oversight, filed an amended

petition urging a new cause of action; tortious interference with contract. This was

done without leave of court and 31 days after final judgment was entered.

11. In addition, the Appellee raised a claim under§ 12.02 of the Property Code.

However, this section is not a separate cause of action but is only a remedy

Appellee's Motion to Dismiss Appeal For Lack of Jurisdiction Pursuant to Rule 42.3a of 3 the Texas Rules ofAppellate Procedure associated with Trespass To Try Title cases, Suits to Quiet Title and I or Slander of

Title. No cause of action had been filed by the Appellant herein while the trial

court still had jurisdiction.

12. If Appellant had filed a Motion for a New Trial during the first thirty (30)

days after the March 13th final judgment, the trial court would have maintained

jurisdiction for an additional 75 days. As no Motion was filed by the Appellant

during the thirty day period of time after final judgment, the remedy of filing a

motion for a new trial, had it been exercised, would have expired on the 27th of

May, 2014, when the court would have lost plenary power 75 days after the March

13, 2014 Final Judgment. Appellant did nothing until July 16, 2014 when

appellant filed a motion for summary judgment.

13. The trial court lost plenary power on the 27th of May, 2014.

14. Assuming for arguendo' s sake that the appellant was not notified of the

entry of the final order, his last date to file a motion for new trial or give notice of

appeal was July 11, 2014. 1 15. The appellant lost his ability to appeal this matter 30 days from the 90 h day

following the entry of the final appealable order March 13th 2014, pursuant to Rule

306 a (4) which was July 11, 2014.

16. Appellant Green failed to file a motion for new trial and/or notice of appeal by

the 11th day of July, 2014.

Appellee's Motion to Dismiss Appeal For Lack of Jurisdiction Pursuant to Rule 42.Ja of 4 tlie Texas Rules ofAppellate Procedure 17. On the 19th day of September 2014, Appellant Green, recognizing that a

final judgment had been entered, filed a motion to clarify order(s) or Defendant's

Motion For Judgment, Nunc Pro Tune. This was denied by the trial court on the

9th day of October and entered on the 30th day of October, 2014. A true and

correct copy is attached as Exhibit 2.

18. The effect being the trial court's recognition that March 13 1h, 2014 was in

fact the final judgment.

19. Yet another motion was filed by the Appellant on November. 10th, 2014

which was amended on the 22nd day of November 2014 and heard on the 9th day

of December. The relief requested was for an early appeal which was a

disingenuous way of asking the trial court to extend its plenary jurisdiction and

requesting a trial setting on the remaining issues in the case. The motion was

denied as to the early appeal.

20. Appellee, looking at its pleadings and the prior rulings of the trial court,

determined there was nothing left to try but in essence a remedy motion pursuant

to the Property Code § 12.00 et seq and decided to dismiss the pending remedy,

which it did February 2nd 2015.

21. Appellant, having never filed a request for affirmative relief and/or a cause

of action in the form of a counter claim during the time allotted by the Texas Rules

of Civil Procedure, did not have a justiciable cause for the trial court to determine.

Appellee's Motion to Dismiss Appeal For Lack of Jurisdiction Pursuant to Rule 42.3a of 5 tlte Texas Rules ofAppellate Procedure 22. On the 3rd day of February, 2015, Appellant Green, through his counsel,

sent a letter to the trial court requesting that the court clarify the order of dismissal.

See a true and correct copy which is attached as Exhibit 3

23. The trial court responded to Appellant Green's letter with a letter of its own,

dated February 18th, 2015; a true and correct copy of which is attached as Exhibit

4. The trial court's letter states very clearly, because of the prior orders, that the

court cannot do anything and therefore reinforces the trial court's prior ruling that

there was a judgment rendered on the 13th of March, 2014 which has become final

and has never been timely challenged. Accordingly, any issues of contention

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