Stephanie Wortham Smalling, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Skyler Kennedy Wortham-Krause v. Michael O. Gardner, M.D., Nicholas Zacharias, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine and Its Divisions Baylor Perinatal Associates and Baylor Neonatology Associates, and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS

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Stephanie Wortham Smalling, Individually And As Representative Of The Estate Of Skyler Kennedy Wortham-Krause,

v.

MICHAEL O. GARDNER, M.D., NICHOLAS ZACHARIAS, M.D., BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND ITS DIVISIONS BAYLOR PERINATAL ASSOCIATES AND BAYLOR NEONATOLOGY ASSOCIATES, AND ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL

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ORDER

1. Pursuant to the notice of bankruptcy of Stephanie Wortham Smalling, et al., filed with this Court on August 2, 2005, this case is ABATED. Tex. R. App. P. 8.2.

2. The case is abated pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 8.2 until further order of this Court and is removed from the Court's active docket, subject to reinstatement upon proper motion. Tex. R. App. P. 8.3. All motions and other documents pending or filed are abated subject to being reurged in the event the case is reinstated. Tex. R. App. P. 8.2 and 8.3. It is the parties' responsibility to immediately notify this Court once the automatic bankruptcy stay is lifted.

Done at the City of Austin, this 2nd day of December, 2005.

[pic] Andrew Weber, Clerk Supreme Court of Texas

By Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk