### Appellate Docket 

### Number:

Appellate Case Style: Vs. Companion Case 

### No.:

Amended/corrected statement: 

## DOCKETING STATEMENT 

## (Civil) (to befiled in the court ofappeals upon perfection ofappeal under TRAP 32) 

### Appellate Court:

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# I ACCEPTED 05-15-01512-cv FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS

DALLAS, TEXAS 12/21/2015 5:35:38 PM

LISA MATZ CLERK,r': t -ìì i (:

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### of BNature 

### of Case (Subject matter or 

### type of case):

Date order or

### judgment signed: 

### Type 

### ofjudgment: Date 

### notice 

### of appeal

### filed in

### trial court: 

### If mailed to the 

### trial court clerk, also 

### give the date 

### mailed: Interlocutory appeal 

### ofappealable 

### order: 

# I Ves

## ffi No 

### Ifyes, please 

### specify statutory or other basis on

### which interlocutory order is appealable (See

### TRAP 28): Accelerated appeal (See 

### TRAP

# 28): I Yes

## ffi No or other basis on

### which is accelerated: 

### Termination or 

### Child Protection? (See 

### TRAP 

## 28.4):

# [Ves ElNo Permissive? (See 

### TRAP 28.3): 

# flves

# fi No Agreed? (See 

### TRAP 28.2): or other basis 

### for such status 

# IYes ffiNo fy statutory or other basis 

### for such status: 

### Appeal should receive precedence, preference, or 

### priority under statute or

# rule: I Ves

# I No 

### Ifyes, please 

### or other basis

### for such status: Does

### this case 

### involve an amount under 

### $100,000? 

# [ Ves

## ffiNo Judgment or order disposes 

### of all parties and 

### issues:

# ffi Ves

## f]No Appeal from

# finaljudgment: [l Yes

# f]No Does the appeal 

### involve the 

### constitutionality or the

### validity 

### ofa statute, 

### rule, or ordinance? 

# I Yes

# [No
Motion for New 

### Trial: Motion to 

### Modify Judgment: Request 

### for Findings 

### ofFact and Conclusions 

### of Law: 

### Motion to Reinstate: 

### Motion under 

### TRCP 306a: Other: 

### If yes, 

### date

## frl"atffi.þ.îli rryes,dater't"¿,Vj:if¿ziirií1ry:í.:ii:í:i If,yes, date 

### frled: 

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## [Yes 

# I Yes 

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### Affìdavit filed in 

### trial court: Contest 

### fìled in

### trial coutl: Date 

### ruling on contest due: 

### Ruling on

### contest: 

## f Sustained 

# I Oven'uled Date 

### of 

### ruling 

### ìfyes, date 

### fìled: 

### If yes, date 

### filed: 

# f,Yes

# X No 

# [Yes 

# I No

Page 3

### of 8Has any party to the court's

### judgment 

### filed for protection in 

### bankruptcy which might affectthis

## appeal? 

# f Ves 

# I No

Ifyes, please attach a 

### copy

### ofthe petition. Bankruptcy Case 

### Number: Date 

### bankruptcy 

### filed:

# W

Coufi: County: 

### Trial Court Docket Number (Cause No.): 

### Irial Judge 

### (whotried or disposed 

### of case): First 

### Name: Middle Name: Last Name: 

### Clerk's Record: 

### Trial Court

## Clerk:

# n District

# fi County Was clerk's record 

## requested? 

# fi Ves

# n No Ifyes, date requested: 

### If no, date 

### it

### will be requested: Were payment affangements made

### with clerk? 

## ffives 

# [No fllndigent (Note: No reqüest required under TRAP 34'5(a)'(b)) 

## Suffix:

# "{ffi Address I Address 2 

### City: State: 

## Zip+4 relephone:

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Repofter's or Recorder's Record: Is there a 

### repofier's

# rrcord? ff Yes

# f No Was reporter's record 

## requested? 

# fi Yes

# f No Wasthere a repofter's record 

### electronically recorded?

# f Yes

# fi No ll'yes. date requested: December 

### 9,2015 

### If no, date 

### it

### will be requested: Were paynrent arrangements made 

### with the 

### courl reporter/court recotder?

# 6V.r f No 

## Ilndigent

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### of 8

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Telephone 

# I Court Recorder 

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# fi Court Reporter 

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### City: State Fax: 

### Email: Supersedeas bond

## filed:flYes 

# ffi 

# No If yes, date 

### filed: 

### Willfile:

# I Yes

# ffi No



### Will you request 

### extraordinary relief (e.g. 

### temporary or 

### ancillary 

### relief) from this

## Court?

# [ Ves

## ffi No 

### Ifyes, briefly state the basis 

### for your request:



### At what stage 

### did the case go

### through

## ADR? 

# fi Pre-Trial 

# I Post-Trial 

# f, Other ll' other. please 

### specily: Type 

## ofcase? Personal 

### Injury Give a 

### brief description of the issue 

### to bê mised on appeal,the 

### relief sought, and the applicable standard 

### lbr review, 

### if known (without pre.judice 

### to the 

### right to raise 

### additional issues or request 

### additional relief): Sufüciency of the evidence to supportJury findings of zêro.damages where 

### liabilþ was stipulated. Jury findings were against the great weight and::.r-::,': preponderance 

### ofthe evidence and manifestly unjust 

### How was the case disposed

# of? Trial Summary 

### of relief granted, 

### including arnount 

### of money.judgment, and 

### if any, damages awarded. 

### Trial Court rendered 

### judgement ordering that 

### Plaintiff take 

### nothing. 

### If money .judgrnent. 

### what was the 

### amount? Actual 

### damages: $0.00 

### Punitive (or similar') damages: $0.00 

### If no, please Should 

### this appeal be referred 

### to

## mediation? 

# [ Ves

# fi No



### If yes, 

### who was the rnediator? 

### Whattype of 

### ADR procedure? Has the case been 

### through an

### ADR 

### procedure?

## ffiYes

# il No

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### of 8

### Attorney's fees 

### (trial):

Attorney's fees (appellate): Other: 

### If other, please 

### specify:


### Will you challenge 

### this Couft's

## jurisdiction? 

# [ Ves

# fi No Does

### judgment have language that one or more pafties "take 

## nothing"?

# fi Ves 

# I No Does

### judgment have a 

### Mother Hubbard 

### clause?

# [Yes I No Other basis 

### for 

### finality? 

### Ratethecomplexityofthecase(uselforleastand5formostcomplex):

# Xl n2 n3 [4 n5 Please make 

### my answer 

### to the preceding questions 

### known 

### to other pafties in 

### this

# case. fi Ves 

# I No Can the parties agree on an appellate 

### mediator?

# [ Yes

# ffi No Ifyes, please 

### give name, address, telephone, 

### fax and 

### email address: Name Address Telephone



# W Fax 

### Email Languages other than 

### English in 

### which the 

### mediator should be 

### profìcient: Name 

### of person 

### filing out 

### mediation section 

### of docketing statement:



### List any pending or past related appeals before 

### this or any other Texas appellate 

### court by 

### coutt, docket number, and style. Docket 

### Number: 

### Trial Court: Style: Vs.

Page 6 of BThe Courts 

### of Appeals listed above, 

### in conjunction 

### with the State 

### Bar of Texas 

### Appellate Section Pro Bono 

### Committee and



### Associations, are 

### conducting a 

### plogram to place a 

### limited number 

### of 

### civil appeals 

### with appellate counsel 

### who

### will represent

### local Bar the appellant 

### in the appeal bef'ore 

### this Court. The 

### pro Bono Committee is 

### solely responsible 

### for screening and selecting the

### civil cases f'or 

### inclusion in the Program based upon a number 

### of discretionary criter.ia, 

### including the 

### financial means 

### of the appellant or 

### appellee. 

### If a case is selected by the 

### Committee, and can be matched 

### with appellate counsel, that counsel 

### will take 

### ovel'representation of the appellant 

### or appellee 

### without charging legal 

### fees' More information regarding 

### this program can be 

### found in the Pro 

### Bono Program Pamphlet available 

### in paper 

### form at the 

### Clerk's Office or on the 

### Internet at 

### *w*.te*-app.org. If your case is selected and matched 

### with a

### volunteer lawyer, 

### you

### will receive a letter 

### from the Pro 

### Bono Committee 

### within thirty (30)to

### forty-five (45) days after 

### submitting this Docketing Statement. 

### Note: there is no guarantee 

### that 

### if you submit 

### your case

### fbr possible 

### inclusion in the Pro 

### Bono Program, the Pro 

### Bono Committee 

### will select 

### your case and that pro bono counsel can be 

### found to represent

### you. Accordingly, you should not 

### forego seeking other counsel to represent you 

### in this proceeding. 

### By signing 

### your name 

### below, you are 

### authorizing the Pro 

### Bono committee to 

### transmit 

### publicly available facts and 

### information about 

### your case, 

### including parties and background, 

### through selected 

### Internet sites and 

### Listserv to its 

### pool 

### ofvolunteer appellate attorneys. 

### Do youwantthis caseto be considered 

### for inclusion in the 

### Plo Bono

# Program? f] Yes

# fl No Do you authorize the 

### pro Bono Committee to contact 

### your 

### trial counsel 

### of record 

### in this matter 

### to answer questions the committee may have regãrding the

### appeal? 

# [ ves

# fi No please note 

### that any such conversations 

### would be 

### maintained as 

### conlìdential by the 

### Plo Bono Committee and the 

### information used 

### solely f'or the purposes 

### of considering the case

### for inclusion in the Pro 

### Bono Program. 

### If you have 

### not previously 

### filed an 

### affìdavit 

### of lndigency and attached a

### file-stamped copy of that affidavit, does 

### your income exceed 200o/o

### of th; U.S. 

### Department of Flealth and FIuman Services Federal 

### Poverty

## Guidelines? 

# [ Ves 

# I No These 

### guidelines can be f'ound in the Pro 

### Bono Program Pamphlet as

### well as on

### the internet at http://aspe.hhs.gor,/povert,v/06poverty.shtml. 

### Are you

### willing to disclose 

### your financial circumstances to the Pro 

### Bono 

### Committee? 

# [ Yes

## ffi No 

### If yes, please attach an

### AfIìdavit of Indigency cornpleted and executed by the appellant 

### or appellee. Sample forms may be

### found in the Clerk's 

### Office or on the inter.net at .!,1_tlp1,^vlòr!-.lax-app.-erg. 

### Your participation in the Pro 

### Bono Program may be

### conditioned upon 

### youl'execution 

### of an 

### aflìdavit under oath asto 

### your financial circumstances. 

### Give a

### brief descr.iption 

### of the issues to be raised on appeal, the 

### relief sought, and the applicable standard 

### of review, 

### if known (without preju<lice to the r.ight to 

### laise additional issues 

### or l'equest 

### additional 

### reliefl use a sepat'ate attachment, 

### if necessary).



## XV. Signature

December 

### 21,2015

of counsel 

### (or pro se 

### party)
Printed 

### Name: Richard Mann f)ate:
State 

### lJal

## No.: 24079640


### Irlectlonic Signaturc: /s/ Richar'<i 

### Mann (Optional)

Page 7 BThe undersigned counsel 

### certifies that 

### this docketing statement has been served on the 

### following lead counsel 

### for 

### all parties to the

### trial

Certifìcate 

### of Service Requirements 

### (TRAP 9.5(e)):

### A certificate of service must be signed by the person

### who madethe service and must state: 

## (l) the date and manner 

### ofservice; (2) the name and address 

### of each person served, and 

### (3) 

### ifthe person served is a party's attorney, the name 

### ofthe party represented by 

### that attorney
Please enter the 

### following for each person served: couft's order 

### orjudgment as

### follows on Signature 

### of counsel 

### (or pro se 

### party) Electronic Signature:
Person Served (Optional) State 

### BarNo.:



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### Name: Diane Earnest 

### Suffix:

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State Date Served: 

### Manner Served: First Name: 

### Middle Name: Last Name: 

### Law Firm Name 

### Address

## l: Address 2: 

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