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- 00843

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IN THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS

KINDRED HEALTHCARE, INC. AND TRIUMPH HOSPITAL OF EAST HOUSTON, L.P. D/B/A KINDRED HOSPITAL OF CLEAR LAKE , Appellants
V.
CRISTOBAL MORALES Appellee

Appeal from Cause No. 2014

- 40158 189th District Court of Harris County, Texas

KINDRED HEALTHCARE, INC. AND TRIUMPH HOSPITAL OF EAST HOUSTON, L.P. D/B/A KINDRED HOSPITAL OF CLEAR LAKE’S NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND DESIGNATION OF LEAD APPELLATE COUNSEL

Levon G. Hovnatanian Texas Bar No. 10059825 hovnatanian@mdjwlaw.com Raymond M. Kutch Texas Bar No. 24072195 kutch@mdjwlaw.com M ARTIN , D ISIERE , J EFFERSON &

WISDOM , L.L.P. 808 Travis, 20th Floor Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 632

- 1700 – Telephone (713) 222

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HOUSTON, TEXAS 11/16/2015 4:31:32 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE

CLERK1 TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

Come now the appellants

, Kindred Healthcare, Inc. and Triumph Hospital of

Eas t Houston, L.P. d/b/a Kindred Hospital of Clear Lake (collectively, “ Kindred ”),

and file this Notice of Appearance and Designation of Lead Appellate Counsel.

Kindred hereby designates the following individual as its lead appellate c ounsel:

Levon G. Hovnatanian

hovnatanian@mdjwlaw.com State Bar No. 10050925 M ARTIN , D ISIERE , J EFFERSON & W ISDOM , L.L.P. 808 Travis, 20th Floor Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 632

- 1700

— Telephone (713) 222

- 0101

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Raymond M. Kutch, whose State Bar number and contact information

appear in the signature block below, also represents Kindred in this interlocutory

appeal. Kindred’s trial court counsel, Charles C. Brennig III and Richard M.

Schreiber, whose State Bar num ber s and contact information appear in the

signature block below

, also represent Kindred in this appeal.

Kindred respectfully asks the Court to accept this Notice of Appearance and

Designation of Lead Appellate Counsel and consider Mr. Hovnatanian as it s lead

appellate counsel.2 Respectfully submitted,

M ARTIN , D ISIERE , J EFFERSON & W ISDOM , L.L.P.

By: /s/Levon G. Hovnatanian Levon G. Hovnatanian State Bar No. 1005 98 25 hovnatanian@mdjwlaw.com Raymond M. Kutch State Bar No. 24072195 kutch@mdjwlaw.com 808 Travis, 20th Floor Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 632

- 1700

– Telephone (713) 222

- 0101

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B RENNIG & A SSOCIATES , P.C.

By: /s/ Charles C. Brennig III Charles C. Brennig III State Bar No. 00783719 cbrennig@brenniglaw.com Richard M. Schr e iber State Bar No. 24056278 rschreiber@brenniglaw.com 1700 Post Oak Blvd. 2 BLVD Place, Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77056 (713) 622

- 5900

– Telephone (713) 622

- 5910

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ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS KINDRED HEALTHCARE, INC. AND TRIUMPH HOSPITAL OF EAST HOUSTON, L.P. D/B/A KINDRED HOSPITAL OF CLEAR LAKE3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This is to certify that a true and correct copy of this notice of appearance and designation of lead appellate counsel has been forwarded by the methods indicated to the individual(s) listed below on this 16th day of November , 201 5

. Sean O’Rourke S IMON

- O’R OURKE , P.C. 11550 Fuqua, S uite 200 Houston, Texas 77034 ( 281 ) 667

- 4081

– Telephone (281) 823

- 7482

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Anthony Buzbee T HE B UZBEE L AW F IRM J.P. Morgan Chase Tower 600 Travis, S uite 7300 Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 223

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– Telephone ( 713 ) 223

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Martin J. Siegel L AW O FFICE OF M ARTIN J. S IEGEL , P.C. 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 2300 Houston, Texas 7700 2 ( 281 ) 772

- 4568

– Telephone Martin@Siegelfirm.com (via e

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/s/ Levon G. Hovnatanian Levon G. Hovnatanian4 C E R T I F I CA TE OF C O MP L I ANCE
This is to certify that this computer

- generated notice of appearance and designation of lead appellate counsel for appellee Kindred Health Care, Inc. contains 158 words.

/s/Levon G. Hovnatanian Levon G. Hovnatanian November 1 6 , 2015