Court Opinion

ID: 6103494
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-14 06:12:12.132073+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:17:52.539322
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In The

                               Court of Appeals

                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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                              NO. 09-22-00002-CV
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  IN RE CLEARCLAIM PUBLIC ADJUSTERS AND MINERVA DURAN

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                           Original Proceeding
             136th District Court of Jefferson County, Texas
                       Trial Cause No. D-208,207
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                                     ORDER

      ClearClaim Public Adjusters and Minerva Duran, Relators, filed a petition for

a writ of mandamus and a motion for temporary relief. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.

Relators are respondents in a Rule 202 proceeding in Trial Cause Number D-

208,207, Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, et al. v. Sergio de la

Canal, et al. Relators seek a writ compelling the Honorable Baylor Wortham, Judge

of the 136th District Court of Jefferson County, Texas, to vacate the trial court’s

order requiring Relators to appear for deposition. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. §

22.221.

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        Relators request that the trial court’s November 23, 2021, order granting the

petition for pre-suit depositions be stayed while this Court considers the mandamus

petition. The Court finds temporary relief is necessary to prevent undue prejudice. It

is ORDERED that the depositions of Minerva Duran and a corporate representative

of ClearClaim Public Adjusters, to investigate potential claims in Trial Cause

Number D-208,207 are STAYED until our opinion issues or until further order of

this Court. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.10(b). No bond is required of Relators as a

condition to any relief herein granted.

        The response of the Real Parties in Interest, Texas Farm Bureau Mutual

Insurance Company and Southern Vanguard Insurance Company, is due January 18,

2022.

        MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RELIEF GRANTED.

        ORDER ENTERED January 7, 2022.

                                                           PER CURIAM

Before Golemon, C.J., Horton and Johnson, JJ.

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