Patricia Hughes v. Desoto Surgicare Partners, LTD., Texas Health Ventures Group, LLC, and United Surgical Partners Intenational, Inc.

Opinion

SET ASIDE AND REMANDED and Opinion Filed October 5, 2015

S In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-15-00706-CV

PATRICIA HUGHES, Appellant V. DESOTO SURGICARE PARTNERS, LTD., TEXAS HEALTH VENTURES GROUP, LLC, AND UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC., Appellees

On Appeal from the 193rd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DC-13-02334-L

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Bridges, Francis, and Myers Opinion by Justice Francis Before the Court is the parties’ joint motion to dismiss the appeal. The parties have informed

the Court that they have settled their differences and ask that we vacate the trial court’s judgment and

dismiss the appeal. We grant the parties’ motion to the extent that we set aside the trial court’s

judgment without regard to the merits and remand the case to the trial court for rendition of judgment

in accordance with the parties’ agreement. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(a)(2)(B).

150706F.P05

/Molly Francis/ MOLLY FRANCIS JUSTICE S Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas JUDGMENT

PATRICIA HUGHES, Appellant On Appeal from the 193rd Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas. No. 05-15-00706-CV V. Trial Court Cause No. DC-13-02334-L. Opinion delivered by Justice Francis. Justices DESOTO SURGICARE PARTNERS, LTD., Bridges and Myers participating. TEXAS HEALTH VENTURES GROUP, LLC, AND UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC., Appellees

In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the trial court’s judgment is SET ASIDE without regard to the merits and the case is REMANDED to the trial court for rendition of judgment in accordance with the parties’ agreement.

Subject to any agreement between the parties, it is ORDERED that appellees DESOTO SURGICARE PARTNERS, LTD., TEXAS HEALTH VENTURES GROUP, LLC, AND UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. recover their costs of this appeal from appellant PATRICIA HUGHES.

Judgment entered October 5, 2015.

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