RHONDA BARCHAK 

 DISTRICT CLERK 

 BRAZORIA COUNTY 

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT ON APPEAL 

7/16/2015 

TO: FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS 

RE: Cause No. 75576-CV, in the 149th District Court 

 Style; TYLER LEE, ET AL VS. DIXON EQUIPMENT SERVICES, INC., ET AL 

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CASE INFORMATION: 

DATE OF APPEALABLE ORDER/JUDGMENT: 6/17/15, 7/1/15 

NOTICE OF APPEAL: 7/16/15 

MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL: NO 

ORDER OVERRULING MOT N/T N/A 

REQUEST FOR FINDING OF FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW FILED: NO 

REQUEST FOR CLERK’S RECORD: NO 

REQUEST FOR REPORTERS RECORD FILED: NO 

METHOD OF DELIVERY: TAMES PORTAL 

JUDGE PRESIDING: TERRI HOLDER 

COURT REPORTER: ROBIN RIOS 

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APPELLANT: MAXIM CRANE WORKS L.P. 

 

ATTORNEY(S) FOR APPELLANT: JEFFREY L. DIAMOND 

TEL.: 713-227-6800 

FAX : 713-227-6801 

EMAIL ADDRESS: jeffrey@jdiamondand associates.com 

TEXAS BAR NO.: 05802500

979-864-1316

979-388-1316 

281-756-1316 

111 E. Locust, Suite. 500 

Angleton, TX 77515

www.brazoria-county.com 

 FILED IN 14th COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 7/17/2015 8:22:51 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk
CAUSE NO. 75576-CV

TYLER LEE AND LEIGH ANN LEE § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF 

INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND § 

OF SYDNEY ROSE LEE, MINOR §

 §

Plaintiff §

VS. § BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS 

 § 

BERKEL & COMPANY CONTRACTORS, §

INC., MAXIM CRANE WORKS, L.P., DIXON § 

EQUIPMENT SERVICES, INC., FLOYD §

DIXON, ISAAC DOLAN, JAMES DAVIDSON §

ANDREW BENNETT, AND LINK-BELT §

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT CO. §

 §

Defendants § 149TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT 

NOTICE OF APPEAL 

FILED BY DEFENDANT, MAXIM CRANE WORKS, L.P. 

 COMES NOW, Defendant, MAXIM CRANE WORKS, L.P., and pursuant to Rules 25 

and 26 of Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, files this it’s Notice of Appeal, and respectfully 

shows the Court as follows: 

1. Defendant, MAXIM CRANE WORKS, L.P., gives notice of its desire to appeal from the 

Final Judgment signed on June 17, 2015, and the Amended Judgment signed on July 1st 2015, in 

favor of Defendant BERKEL & COMPANY CONTRACTORS, INC. as to Defendant MAXIM

CRANE WORKS, L.P.’s Cross-Acton against BERKEL & COMPANY CONTRACTORS, INC. 

2. The trial court is the 149th Judicial District Court of Brazoria County Texas; cause 

number 75576-CV. The Style of the case is Tyler Lee and Leigh Ann Lee, Individually and As 

Next Friend of Sydney Rose Lee, Minor, v. Berkel & Company Contractors, Inc., Maxim 

Crane Works, L.P., Dixon Equipment Services, Inc., Floyd Dixon, Isaac Dolan, James 

Davidson, Andrew Bennett, and Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co. 

Filed for Record

7/16/2015 1:48:50 PM

Rhonda Barchak, District Clerk

Brazoria County, Texas

75576-CV

Kelley Hanson, Deputy
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3. Defendant, MAXIM CRANE WORKS, L.P., is appealing to either the Court of Appeals for 

the First District of Texas at Houston or the Court of Appeals for the Fourteenth District of 

Texas at Houston. No related appeal or original proceeding has been previously filed in either the 

First or Fourteenth Court of Appeals.

Respectfully submitted,

J. DIAMOND AND ASSOCIATES, PLLC

/S/ Jeffrey L. Diamond

Jeffrey L. Diamond

State Bar No. 05802500

Ann E. Knight

State Bar No. 00786026

1010 N. San Jacinto Street

Houston, Texas 77002

Tel: (713) 227-6800

Fax: (713) 227-6801

jeffrey@ jdiamondandassociates.com

ann@jdiamondandassociates.com

Attorneys for Defendants:

Maxim Crane Works, L.P., and James Davidson
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the forgoing instrument was served upon 

all known counsel of record via facsimile, hand delivery, and/or certified mail, return receipt 

requested, on the 16th day of July, 2015.

Kurt B. Arnold

ARNOLD & ITKIN

6009 Memorial Drive

Houston, TX 77007

Justin Gilbert

GILBERT & FUREY

222 North Velasco Street

Angleton, TX 77515

Charles Lloyd Clay, Jr.

CHUCK CLAY & ASSOCIATES, LLC.

3280 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 2050

Atlanta, GA 30305

Russell S. Post

BECK REDDEN LLP

1221 McKinney, Suite 4500

Houston, TX 77010

Andrew T. McKinney IV

D. Douglas Mena

LITCHFIELD CAVO LLP

One Riverway, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77056

Thomas C. Wright 

Jessica Z. Barger

Garrett A. Gibson 

WRIGHT & CLOSE, LLP.

One Riverway, Suite 2200

Houston, Texas 77056

John Dwyer

GORDON & REES, LLP

633 West Fifth Street, 52nd Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Steven D. Selbe

GORDON & REES, LLP

1900 West Loop South, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77027

Christopher Pine

Clerk, First Court of Appeals

First Court of Appeals

301 Fannin Street, Room 208

Houston, Texas 77002-2066

Christopher Pine

Clerk, Fourteenth Court of Appeals 

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

301 Fannin Street, Room 208

Houston, Texas 77002-2066

/S/ Jeffrey L. Diamond

Jeffrey L. Diamond