NO. 07-09 -018 1-CV IN THE CO UR T OF APPEA LS FO R THE S EVEN TH D ISTRI CT O F TEXAS

AT AM AR ILLO PAN EL D OC TOBER16, 2009

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___ MI D-CO NT IN EN T GRO UP D/B /AMID -CO NT IN EN T CAS UA L T Y AND MID- CONTI NENT INSURANCE, AP PEL LANT V. KEN NE TH G OOD E, A PPELLE E

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______ FRO M T HE 72 DIS T RI CT COU RT OF L UB BO CKCOU NT Y; ND NO . 200 6- 536,112 ; H ON ORABLE RU BEN R EY ES, JU DG E

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____ Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and PIRT LE, JJ. ORDER OF A BA

TEMENT A ND R EMA ND Appel lan t, Mi d- Con ti nent Group, d/b/a M id- Con ti nent Cas ual ty and Mi d- Con ti nent Ins ur ance, appeal s a n adv erse jud g ment rendered i n fav or of Appel lee , Ke nneth Goode, on March 6, 2009

. App ellant time ly f iled not ice of app eal on June 4, 2 0 0 9

. T h e Cl e rk’s Rec ord w as filed on Aug ust4, 2009. On Aug ust28, 2009, Susa n M y att, C SR , fil ed s ev en2

of eig ht v olu mes of the Rep orter ’s R ecord. Vol umes o ne th ro ug h s ix co nsi sts of a M ast er Index(Vol u me 1 ) , p r e t r i a l p ro c e e d i n g s o n S e p t e mb e r 1 4 a n d 1 9 , 2 0 0 7 , ( V o l u me s 2 and 3 respec ti v ely ), as w ell as tr ial proce edi ng s on September 22, 23, and 24, 2007, ( Vol umes 4, 5, and 6 r e s p e c t i v e l y )

. V o l u me 6 c o n c l u d e s w i t h t h e r e t u r n o f t h e j u r y ’ s v e rd i c t and dis charg e of the jur

y by the cour t. Vol ume 8 is a re cord of ex hib it s. At the t ime of the fil ing o f t h e Re p o rt e r’ s Re c o rd , t h is Co u rtwa s in fo rm e d t h a tV o lu m e 7 wo u ld b e p re p a re d b y a different cour

t repor ter , Li ndi R eev es, w ho had subs ti tuted fo r the o ri g ina l cour t repor ter during a post -trial proceed ing on Nov em ber 7, 2 008 . W e ha v e no w receiv ed a sw orn af f idav itfrom Li ndi R eev es, enti tl ed Affi davit R egar

din g Los t/Stole n Notes , w her ein sh e sta tes thatthe enti re record of proceed ing s for N ov em b e r 7 , 2008, w as los t w hen her v ehi cl e w as broken int o and her st enog ra phy

machi ne sto len

. Her

aff ida v iti s s uppor

ted by a po li ce re por

t. An app ell ant i s e nti tl ed to a ne w tr ial i f the a p p e llant has ti mely req uest ed a re por ter ’s re cord; if, w it hout the a ppel lan t’ s faul t, a si gni ficant portion of

the cou rt reporter’s not es an d records ha s bee n lost ; i f t h e lo st portion of

the reco rd is nece ssary to t he appeal ’s resol uti on; a nd i f the l ostpor ti on of the re por

ter ’s record canno t be r epl aced by agreem entof

the pa rties. Te x . R. App. P. 34. 6(f ). T he issue s of

sig nif icance , nece ssity , and rep lacea bility a re m atte rs th at this Court canno t full y

dete rmi ne from t he re cord p re sent ly before us. Therefore, in the i nterestof3

jus ti ce, w e now

abat e thi s a ppeal and re mand the ca use to t he trial co urt for further proce edin gs. Upo n remand, the tri al cour t shal l uti li z e w hatev er

means nec ess ar

y to deter mine the followi ng q uest ions: (1 ) W h a t was th e pu rp o se of th e No vem b e r 7, 20 0 8 he a rin g? (2 ) W as any

ev id ence pr esent ed dur ing the Nov ember 7, 2008 hear ing ; and , i f so, w hat w as the n ature of thatev ide nce? ( 3 ) If ev i d e n c e w a s p r e s e n t e d d u r i n g t h e N o v e mb e r 7 , 2 008 hear ing , c an th at po rt ion of the repor ter ’s record be repl aced by agreem entof

the pa rties? The tr ial co urt i s fur

ther order ed to ex ecut e findi ng s o f fact , c oncl usi ons of law , and any order s it may

deem ne ces sar

y reg ardin g the aforementi oned i ss ues and c ause it s findi ng s, conc lus ion s, and orders, if any , to be inc lud ed i n a s uppl emental cl er k’ s record. A suppl emental repor

ter ’s record of

the hear ing , if any , shal l als o be pr epared. Fi nal ly , t he tr ial courtshall cause the suppl emental cl er k’ s record and suppl emental repor ter ’s record, if any , t o be filed w it h the C ler k o f this C our t on or before Dec ember

4, 2009. It is so order ed. Per C ur iam