League City v. Texas Windstorm Insurance Association

Opinion

FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 2/23/2015 12:54:24 PM John D. Kinard CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk DISTRICT CLERK GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS

February 23, 2015

First Court of Appeals Christopher A. Prine, Clerk of Court 301 Fannin, 2nd floor Houston, TX 77002-2066

NOTICE OF APPEAL

IN RE: Cause No. 12-CV-0053, Styled League City vs. Texas Windstorm Insurance Association- Filed in 10th District Court of Galveston County, Texas

Dear Clerk:

Please find enclosed a copy of the notice of appeal filed by Texas Windstorm Insurance Association in the above case. This case is assigned to the 1st Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas.

Request is hereby made that all parties immediately file any designation of material to be included in the Clerk’s record. Any Motions for Extension of Time to file the record on appeal must be filed directly with the Court of Appeals A copy of this letter is being mailed to all counsel of record. Please file mark the additional copy of this letter and return the same to my office.

Sincerely,

John D. Kinard District Clerk Galveston County, Texas

By: /s/ Shailja Dixit, Deputy

600 59th Street, Room 4001, Galveston County Justice Center, Galveston, Texas 77551‐2388

Phone (409) 766‐2424 Fax (409) 766‐2292

Copy sent to

Dale Wainwright Attorney for Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 111 Congress Avenue, Suite 2300 Austin, Texas 78701

Jennifer Bruch Hogan Attorney for League City Hogan & Hogan Pennzoil Place 711 Louisiana, Suite 500 Houston TX 77002

Gail Jalufka, Court Reporter Hand-Delivered

600 59th Street, Room 4001, Galveston County Justice Center, Galveston, Texas 77551‐2388

Phone (409) 766‐2424 Fax (409) 766‐2292

Filed: 2/20/2015 4:37:29 PM JOHN D. KINARD - District Clerk Galveston County, Texas Envelope No. 4237563 By: Shailja Dixit 2/23/2015 8:09:17 AM

CAUSE NO. 12-CV-0053

LEAGUE CITY § IN THE DISTRICT COURT Plaintiff, § § § VS. § 10th JUDICIAL DISTRICT § § TEXAS WINDSTORM INSURANCE § ASSOCIATION § Defendant. § GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS

TEXAS WINDSTORM INSURANCE ASSOCIATION’S NOTICE OF APPEAL

Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 25.1, Defendant Texas Windstorm

Insurance Association (“Defendant”) hereby files this Notice of Appeal from the Amended Final

Judgment, signed on November 13, 2014 by the 10th Judicial District Court in the above-styled

case; all rulings and orders subsumed in the Amended Final Judgment; and all sanctions orders

issued in this case, including the Order on Plaintiff’s Motion to Enforce Court’s Order And

Motion for Sanctions, signed on November 7, 2013, the Order on Plaintiffs’ Motion to Enforce

the November 12, 2013 Order imposing sanctions, signed on December 2, 2013, and the Order

striking Defendant’s affirmative defenses regarding appraisal, signed on April 17, 2014. Please

take notice that Defendant desires to appeal to the First Court of Appeals, where a related appeal

is pending from the above-styled case: League City v. Tex. Windstorm Ins. Ass’n, No. 01-15-

00117-CV.

Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Dale Wainwright Dale Wainwright State Bar No. 00000049 dale.wainwright@bgllp.com BRACEWELL & GIULIANI LLP 111 Congress Avenue, Suite 2300 Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone: (512) 472-7800 Facsimile: (800) 404-3970

Andrew T. McKinney IV State Bar No. 13716800 mckinney@litchfieldcavo.com LITCHFIELD CAVO LLP One Riverway, Suite 1000 Houston, Texas 77056 Telephone: (713) 418-2000 Facsimile: (713) 418-2001

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT TEXAS WINDSTORM INSURANCE ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 19th day of February, 2015, a true and correct copy of the foregoing Notice of Appeal was served on the following counsel of record via the court’s electronic filing system.

Gregory F. Cox Michael R. Ramsey THE MOSTYN LAW FIRM 6280 Delaware Street Beaumont, Texas 77706 Facsimile: (409) 832-2703

Jennifer Bruch Hogan HOGAN & HOGAN 2 Houston Center 909 Fannin, Suite 2700 Houston, Texas 77010 Facsimile: 713-222-8810

/s/ Dale Wainwright Dale Wainwright