D ismiss and Opinion Filed August 11, 2022

In The 

### Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

No. 05

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- 00173

- CV TAMI DONALD, JERRY M OORE, AND SUMMIT SPR ING WATER

COMPANY, INC. , Appellant s

V. BMR DISTRIBUTING, IN C., RHONE WATER COMP ANY INC. D/B/A FROSTY'S WATER, BRIA N ROSE, NORTH TEXAS MOUNTAIN VALLEY WATER CORP. , AND WATER EVENT GUL F COAST, LLC, Appellee s On Appeal from the 44th Judicial District Court

Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DC

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- 08127

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Partida

- Kipness, Pedersen, III, and Nowell

Opinion by Justice Nowell Appellants Tami Donald, Jerry Moore, and Summit Spring Water Company,
Inc. appeal the trial court’s December 17, 2020 docume nt titled “ F inal J udgment ”
(December 2020 Order) in their lawsuit against appellees BMR Distributing, Inc.,
Rhone Water Company Inc. d/b/a Frosty’s Water, Brian Rose, North Texas

M ountain Valley Water Corp., and Water Event Gulf Coast, LLC

. W e dismiss the
appeal for lack of jurisdiction.– 2

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G enerally, appellate courts have jurisdiction over final judgments and certain
interlocutory orders as permitted by statute

. See Lehmann v. Har

– Con Corp ., 39
S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). “ A judgment is final for purposes of appeal if it
disposes of all pending parties and claims in the record, except as necessary to carry

out the decree. ” Id.

While t he December 2020 Order purports to be a final judgment, it fails to
dispose of two defendants in the lawsuit. Bec ause the December 2020 Order does
not dispose of all parties and claims, w e questioned whether it was a final judgment.
Pursuant to supreme court authority, w e abated the appeal to permit the trial court to
clarify the December 2020 Order

. See Bella Palma, LLC v. Y oung , 601 S.W.3d 799,
801 (Tex. 2020) (“If the appellate court is uncertain about the intent of the order, it
can abate the appeal to permit clarification by the trial court.”). The trial court replied

in its “ Order Clarifying December 17, 2020 Final Judgm ent ” and stated the
December 2020 Order “is not a final judgment as there are two parties, BMR
Distributing and Rhone Water, Defendants, against which Plaintiff’s [sic] claims can

continue.”
Having received the trial court’s Clarifying Order stating the December 2020

Order does not dispose of all parties to this lawsuit and is not a final judgment, we– 3

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conclude we lack jurisdiction over the appeal. Accordingly, w e dismiss the appeal
for want of jurisdiction. See T EX

. R. A PP

. P

. 42.3(a).

210173f.p05 /Erin A. Nowell/ / ERIN A. N OWELL JUSTICE– 4

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### Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

JUDGMENT

TAMI DONALD, JERRY MOORE, AND SUMMIT SPRING WATER COMPANY, INC., Appellants

No. 05

- 21

- 00173

- CV V.
BMR DISTRIBUTING, INC., RHONE WATER COMPANY INC. D/B/A FROSTY'S WATER, BRIAN ROSE, AND NORTH TEXAS MOUNTAIN VALLEY WATER CORP., AND WATER EVENT GULF COAST, LLC , Appellees On Appeal from the 44th Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DC

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- 08127. Opinion delivered by Justice Nowell. Justices Partida

- Kipness and Pedersen, III participating.

In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the appeal is DISMISSED for want of jurisdiction.

It is ORDERED that each party bear its own costs of this appeal.

Judgment entered this 11 th day of August 2022.