NO. 03-15-00219-CV IN THE COURT OFAPPEALS THIRD DISTRICT OFTEXAS

AT AUSTIN



### HALLMARK SPECIALTY UNDERWRITERS, INC., and 

### HALLMARK SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellants
v TEXAS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYO

Appellee
Appeal from the 98th District Court of Travis County, Texas Cause No. D- 1-GN- 14-003789
APPELLEE TEXAS 

### MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY'S UNOPPOSED MOTION

FOR EXTENSION OF

### TIME TO 

### FILE APPELLEEOS BRIEF



### TO THE 

### HONORABLE COURT: 

### COMES 

### NOV/ the Appellee, Texas 

### Mutual Insurance Company ("Texas 

### Mutual"), and

### files 

### this 

### its Unopposed 

### Motion 

### for Extension

## of Time 

### to File Appellee's 

### Brief, and 

### in support thereof 

### would show the court as

### follows: 

# l. This case 

### is an appeal

### from 

### a finaljudgment 

### in the 98ft 

### District of Travis 

### County, 

### Texas. Hallmark Specialty Underwriters, 

### Inc. and 

### Hallmark Specialty

1 ACCEPTED 03-15-00219-CV 5929473 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS 7/2/2015 5:43:31 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERKInsurance 

### Company are 

### the Appellants 

### (collectively, the 

### "Hallmark Appellants").

Texas 

### Mutual is theAppellee. 

# 2. The 

### HallmarkAppellants filedthe Appellants' 

### Brief on June 

### 11,2015. Under the current 

### briefing schedule, Texas 

### Mutual's Appellee's 

### Brief is due on Monday, 

### July 

### 13,2015. Tex. R. App. 

### P.38.6(b). 

# 3. Both parties have been engaged 

## in discussions 

### regarding 

### the possible resolution 

### ofthis appeal. However, 

### neitherpartywishes to incur additional appellate costs 

## if the case 

### is soon

### to be mutually 

### resolved. 

### An extension

### of the 

### briefing deadlines 

### will allow the parties 

### additional time to discuss a 

### resolution of the appeal 

### without imposing unnecessary appellate costs 

# 4. Texas 

### Mutual asks that 

### this Court grant Texas 

### Mutual a30-day extension to 

### file itsAppellee' s

### Brief. Texas 

### Mutual' sAppellee' s

### Brief would be due by Thursday, 

### August 13,2015. 

# 5. Texas 

### Mutual has not 

### previously requested an extension to 

### file its

### Appellee's 

### Brief in this matter 

# 6. Texas 

### Mutual's requested 

### modification is

### for good cause, is not sought

### solely 

### for the purposes 

### of delay, and 

### is sought to promote

### judicial efficiency 

# 7. Counsel

### for the 

### Hallmark Appellants was contacted 

### by counsel

### for Texas 

### Mutual and does 

### not oppose 

### this motion.

2

### WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Texas 

### Mutual respectfully

requests that

### this 

### Court grant this Unopposed 

### Motion for Extension 

### of Time to 

### File Appellee's 

### Brief and extend the deadline 

### for Texas 

### Mutual to

### file its 

### brief to

### August 

### 13,2075. Respectfully Submitted, 

### ARNOLD 

### & PLACEK, P.C. 203 EasI 

### Main Street, Suite 201 Round Rock, Texas 78664 Telephone:(5 1

### 2) 341-7 044 

### Facsimile:(512) 41-7921 

### By: R. 

### TT State 

### BarNo. 00784769 splacek@arnoldplacek. com SCOTT 

### K. ARNOLD State Bar 

### No. 00785669 sarnold@arnoldplacek. com 

### JONATHAN 

### L. CHALTAIN State Bar 

### No. 24079787 j chaltain@arno Idp Iac ek. com 

### ArronNpvs FoR

### ApperreNr Tnxes MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

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### CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

I hereby 

### certi$r that 

### I conferred

### with appellants' counsel on

### July 2,201.5 and that appellants' counsel does 

### not oppose

### this

# motion. \



### CERTIF'ICATE OF SERVICE J



### I hereby 

### certiff that a

### true and 

### correct copy

## of the 

### fqteg been forwarded by

### facsimile andlor 

### certified mail, on

## the/{day following counsel 

### of record: 

### Wm. David Farmer Chad 

### W. Schreiber CuRNnY, FARMER, 

### Housg 

### & Ostnra, P.C. 411 Heimer Road San 

### Antonio, Texas 

### 78232-4854 Phone: 210-377-1990 Fax: 

### 210-377-t065 Via 

### Facsimile

Chaltain 

### oing document has ofJuly, 2015,to the

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