Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2019-05-07 13:47:28.379702+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:52:03.565923
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                                                                                                                                          05-19-00498-CV
                                                         05-19-00498-CV                                                         FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                                                                                         DALLAS, TEXAS
Appellate Docket Number: 05-19-00498-CV                                                                                                  5/3/2019 9:54 AM
                                                                                                                                               LISA MATZ
     Appellate Case Style: BENNY WREN, JR.                                                                                                         CLERK
                      Vs. ANNETTE FOBBS
Companion N/A
  Case(s):
Amended/Corrected Statement                                                                                              FILED IN
                                                                                                               5th COURT OF APPEALS
                                            DOCKETING STATEMENT (Civil) DALLAS, TEXAS
                                              Appellate Court: 5th Court of Appeals                            5/3/2019 9:54:33 AM
                         (to be filed in the court of appeals upon perfection of appeal under TRAP                      LISA32)
                                                                                                                             MATZ
                                                                                                                          Clerk
NOTE: Because space for additional parties / attorneys is limited on this form, you can include the information on a separate document. As per TRAP
32.1 and 9.4, please include party’s name and the name, address, email address, telephone number, fax number, if any, and State Bar Number of the
party’s lead counsel. If the party is not represented by an attorney, that party’s name, address, telephone number, fax number should be provided.

I. Appellant                                                              II. Appellant Attorney(s) - Continued
       Person     Organization                                                Lead Attorney                     Select
Name: BENNY WREN, JR.                                                     Name:
        Pro Se                                                            Bar No.
If Pro Se Party, enter the following information:                         Firm/Agency:
Address:                                                                  Address 1:
City/State/Zip:                                                           Address 2:
Tel.                      Ext.           Fax:                             City/State/Zip:
Email:                                                                    Tel.                       Ext.           Fax:
II. Appellant Attorney(s)                                                 Email:
   Lead Attorney                    Retained Attorney
                                                                              Lead Attorney                     Select
Name: GLENN D. TUCKER, SR.                                                Name:
Bar No. 20269560
                                                                          Bar No.
Firm/Agency: LAW OFFICES OF GLENN D. TUCKER, SR.
                                                                          Firm/Agency:
Address 1: 8330 LBJ FREEWAY                                               Address 1:
Address 2: SUITE 360
                                                                          Address 2:
City/State/Zip: DALLAS, TEXAS 75243                                       City/State/Zip:
Tel. (214) 358-6550       Ext.           Fax: (214) 358-6458
                                                                          Tel.                       Ext.           Fax:
Email: lawofficesofgdt@gmail.com
                                                                          Email:
   Lead Attorney                     Retained Attorney
                                                                              Lead Attorney                     Select
Name: STEVEN L. EASON
                                                                          Name:
Bar No. 06360990
                                                                          Bar No.
Firm/Agency:
                                                                          Firm/Agency:
Address 1: 8330 LBJ FREEWAY
                                                                          Address 1:
Address 2: SUITE 360
                                                                          Address 2:
City/State/Zip: DALLAS, TEXAS 75243
                                                                          City/State/Zip:
Tel. (214) 358-6550       Ext.           Fax: (214) 658-6458
                                                                          Tel.                       Ext.           Fax:
Email: season.lawofficesofgdt@gmail.com
                                                                          Email:

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III. Appellee                                                     IV. Appellee Attorney(s) - Continued
       Person     Organization                                       Lead Attorney          Select
Name: ANNETTE FOBBS                                               Name:
        Pro Se                                                    Bar No.
If Pro Se Party, enter the following information:                 Firm/Agency:
Address:                                                          Address 1:
City/State/Zip:                                                   Address 2:
Tel.                    Ext.         Fax:                         City/State/Zip:
Email:                                                            Tel.               Ext.       Fax:
                                                                  Email:
IV. Appellee Attorney(s)
   Lead Attorney                 Retained Attorney                   Lead Attorney          Select

Name: RANDALL C. GRASSO                                           Name:
Bar No. 08306100                                                  Bar No.
Firm/Agency: CHAVEZ LEGAL GROUP                                   Firm/Agency:
Address 1: 11900 N. 26TH STREET                                   Address 1:
Address 2: SUITE 200                                              Address 2:
City/State/Zip: EDINBURG, TEXAS 78539                             City/State/Zip:
Tel. (972) 419-3800     Ext.         Fax: (972) 239-5046          Tel.               Ext.       Fax:
Email: grasso@chavezlegalgroup.com                                Email:

   Lead Attorney                 Select                              Lead Attorney          Select

Name:                                                             Name:
Bar No.                                                           Bar No.
Firm/Agency:                                                      Firm/Agency:
Address 1:                                                        Address 1:
Address 2:                                                        Address 2:
City/State/Zip:                                                   City/State/Zip:
Tel.                    Ext.         Fax:                         Tel.               Ext.       Fax:
Email:                                                            Email:

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V. Perfection of Appeal, Judgment and Sentencing
Nature of Case (Subject matter or type of case): Personal Injury
Date Order or Judgment signed:                                    Type of Judgment: Summary Judgment
Date Notice of Appeal filed in Trial Court: 04/02/2019
    If mailed to the Trial Court clerk, also give the date mailed:
Interlocutory appeal of appealable order:            Yes        No
     If yes, please specify statutory or other basis on which interlocutory order is appealable (See TRAP 28):

Accelerated Appeal (See TRAP 28):              Yes         No
    If yes, please specify statutory or other basis on which appeal is accelerated:

Parental Termination or Child Protection? (See TRAP 28.4):                   Yes           No
Permissive? (See TRAP 28.3):          Yes X No
    If yes, please specify statutory or other basis for such status:

Agreed? (See TRAP 28.2):           Yes      No
    If yes, please specify statutory or other basis for such status:

Appeal should receive precedence, preference, or priority under statute or rule?                Yes   No
    If yes, please specify statutory or other basis for such status:

Does this case involve an amount under $100,000?                         Yes          No
Judgment or Order disposes of all parties and issues?                    Yes          No
Appeal from final judgment?                                              Yes          No
Does the appeal involve the constitutionality or the validity of a statute, rule, or ordinance?        Yes   No

VI. Actions Extending Time to Perfect Appeal
Motion for New Trial:                    Yes     No             If yes, date filed:
Motion to Modify Judgment:               Yes     No             If yes, date filed:
Request for Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law:
                                         Yes     No             If yes, date filed:
Motion to Reinstate:                     Yes     No             If yes, date filed:
Motion under TRCP 306a:                  Yes     No             If yes, date filed:
Other:                                   Yes     No
    If Other, please specify:

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VII. Indigency of Party (Attach file stamped copy of Statement and copy of the trial court order.)
Was Statement of Inability to Pay Court Costs filed in the trial court?          Yes       No
   If yes, date filed:
Was a Motion Challenging the Statement filed in the trial court?                 Yes       No
   If yes, date filed:
Was there any hearing on appellant’s ability to afford court costs?              Yes       No
   Hearing Date:
Did trial court sign an order under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 145?           Yes       No
   Date of Order:
   If yes, trial court finding:   Challenge Sustained       Overruled

VIII. Bankruptcy
Has any party to the court’s judgment filed for protection in bankruptcy which might affect this appeal?
        Yes      No
   If yes, please attach a copy of the petition.
   Date bankruptcy filed:
   Bankruptcy Case Number:

IX. Trial Court and Record
Court: 134th Judicial District Court                       Clerk’s Record
County: Dallas                                             Trial Court Clerk: ✔ District        County
Trial Court Docket No. (Cause No.):                        Was Clerk’s record requested?        Yes ✔ No
   DC-19-01524
                                                              If yes, date requested:
Trial Court Judge (who tried or disposed of the case):        If no, date it will be requested: 05/03/2019
   Name: Hon. Dale Tillery
                                                           Were payment arrangements made with clerk?
   Address 1: 600 Commerce St.
                                                                   Yes ✔ No        Indigent
   Address 2: 6th Floor West (Old)
                                                           (Note: No request required under TRAP 34.5(a),(b).)
   City/State/Zip: Dallas, Texas 75202
   Tel. (214) 653-6995 Ext.            Fax:
   Email: fly@dallascourts.org

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IX. Trial Court and Record - Continued
Reporter’s or Recorder’s Record
Is there a Reporter’s Record?           Yes      No
Was Reporter’s Record requested?               Yes    No
         If yes, date requested:
         If no, date it will be requested:
Was the Reporter’s Record electronically recorded?           Yes       No
Were payment arrangements made with the court reporter/court recorder?              Yes       No       Indigent

   Court Reporter           Court Recorder                         Court Reporter          Court Recorder
   Official                 Substitute                             Official                Substitute
Name: Tina Thompson                                           Name:
Address 1: 600 Commerce Street                                Address 1:
Address 2: 6th Floor West (Old)                               Address 2:
City/State/Zip: Dallas, Texas 75202                           City/State/Zip:
Tel. (214) 653-7239 Ext.           Fax:                       Tel.                  Ext.        Fax:
Email:                                                        Email:

X. Supersedeas Bond
Supersedeas bond filed?        Yes        No
   If yes, date filed:
   If no, will file?     Yes       No

XI. Extraordinary Relief
Will you request extraordinary relief (e.g., temporary or ancillary relief) from this Court?        Yes     No
   If yes, briefly state the basis for your request:

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XII. Alternative Dispute Resolution/Mediation
     (Complete section if filing in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 13th, or 14th Court of Appeals.)
Should this appeal be referred to mediation?     Yes       No
    If no, please specify:
Has this case been through an ADR procedure?         Yes        No
    If yes, who was the mediator?
    What type of ADR procedure?
    At what stage did the case go through ADR?          Pre-Trial    Post-Trial    Other
        If other, please specify:
Type of Case? Personal Injury
    Give a brief description of the issue to be raised on appeal, the relief sought, and the applicable standard for review, if
    known (without prejudice to the right to raise additional issues or request additional relief):
     The case involves a motor vehicle accident. The defendant filed a motion for summary judgment stating
     the limitations had run. Plaintiff's position is that the statute was tolled because Defendant through her
     own affidavit stated she was outside the State of Texas more than the days the limitation had run.
How was the case disposed of? Summary Judgment
Summary of relief granted, including amount of money judgment, and if any, damages awarded.
    If money judgment, what was the amount? Actual damages:
    Punitive (or similar) damages:
    Attorney’s fees (trial):
    Attorney’s fees (appellate):
    Other:
       If other, please specify:
Will you challenge this Court’s jurisdiction?     Yes      No
Does judgment have language that one or more parties “take nothing”?         Yes      No
Does judgment have a Mother Hubbard clause?          Yes        No
Other basis for finality:

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XII. Alternative Dispute Resolution/Mediation - Continued
     (Complete section if filing in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 13th, or 14th Court of Appeals.)
Rate the complexity of the case (use 1 for least and 5 for most complex):              1      2    3     4     5
Please make my answer to the preceding questions known to other parties in this case?                  Yes         No
Can the parties agree on an appellate mediator?           Yes       No
    If yes, please give the name, address, telephone, fax, and email address:
    Name:
    Address:
    Telephone:                             Ext.
    Fax:
    Email:
Languages other than English in which the mediator should be proficient:

Name of the person filling out mediation section of docketing statement:
  Steven L. Eason

XIII. Related Matters
List any pending or past related appeals before this, or any other Texas Appellate Court, by Court, Docket, and Style.
Court: Select Appellate Court                               Docket:
Style:
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XIV. Pro Bono Program:
     (Complete section if filing in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 13th or 14th Court of Appeals.)
The Courts of Appeals listed above, in conjunction with the State Bar of Texas Appellate Section Pro Bono Committee
and local Bar Associations, are conducting a program to place a limited number of civil appeals with appellate counsel
who will represent the appellant in the appeal before this Court.
The Pro Bono Committee is solely responsible for screening and selecting the civil cases for inclusion in the Program
based upon a number of discretionary criteria, including the financial means of the appellant or appellee. If a case is
selected by the Committee, and can be matched with appellate counsel, that counsel will take over representation of the
appellant or appellee without charging legal fees. More information regarding this program can be found in the Pro Bono
Program Pamphlet available in paper form at the Clerk's Office or on the Internet at http://www.tex-app.org. If your case
is selected and matched with a volunteer lawyer, you will receive a letter from the Pro Bono Committee within thirty (30)
to forty-five (45) days after submitting this Docketing Statement.
Note: there is no guarantee that if you submit your case for possible inclusion in the Pro Bono Program, the Pro Bono
Committee will select your case and that pro bono counsel can be found to represent you. Accordingly, you should not
forego seeking other counsel to represent you in this proceeding. By signing your name below, you are authorizing the
Pro Bono committee to transmit publicly available facts and information about your case, including parties and
background, through selected Internet sites and Listserv to its pool of volunteer appellate attorneys.
Do you want this case to be considered for inclusion in the Pro Bono Program?       Yes     No
Do you authorize the Pro Bono Committee to contact your trial counsel of record in this matter to answer questions the
committee may have regarding the appeal?   Yes     No
Please note that any such conversations would be maintained as confidential by the Pro Bono Committee and the
information used solely for the purposes of considering the case for inclusion in the Pro Bono Program.
If you have not previously filed a Statement of Inability to Pay Court Costs and attached a file-stamped copy of that
Statement, does your income exceed 200% of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Federal Poverty
Guidelines?    Yes     No
These guidelines can be found in the Pro Bono Program Pamphlet as well as on the internet at
http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/06poverty.shtml.
Are you willing to disclose your financial circumstances to the Pro Bono Committee?       Yes      No
    If yes, please attach a Statement of Inability to Pay Court Costs completed and executed by the appellant or appellee.
    Sample forms may be found in the Clerk's Office or on the internet at http://www.tex-app.org. Your participation in
    the Pro Bono Program may be conditioned upon your execution of a Statement under oath as to your financial
    circumstances.

Give a brief description of the issues to be raised on appeal, the relief sought, and the applicable standard of review, if
known (without prejudice to the right to raise additional issues or request additional relief; use a separate attachment, if
necessary).

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XV. Signature

                                                                      05/03/2019
Signature of counsel (or Pro Se Party)                                Date

Steven L. Eason                                                       06360990
Printed Name                                                          State Bar No.

/s/ Steven L. Eason
Electronic Signature (Optional)                                       Name

XVI. Certificate of Service
The undersigned counsel certifies that this Docketing Statement has been served on the following lead counsel for all
parties to the Trial Court’s Order or Judgment as follows on:

                                                                      /s/ Steven L. Eason
Signature of counsel (or Pro Se Party)                                Electronic Signature (Optional)

06360990
State Bar No.

Certificate of Service Requirements (TRAP 9.5(e)): A certificate of service must be signed by the person who made the service and
must state:
                                   (1) the date and manner of service;
                                   (2) the name and address of each person served, and
                                   (3) if the person served is a party’s attorney, the name of the party represented by the attorney.

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Please enter the following for each person served:
Date Served: 05/03/2019                                        Date Served:
Manner Served: eServe                                          Manner Served: Select
Name: Randall C. Grasso                                        Name:
Bar No. 08306100                                               Bar No.
Firm/Agency: CHAVEZ LEGAL GROUP                                Firm/Agency:
Address 1: 11900 N. 26th St.                                   Address 1:
Address 2: Suite 200                                           Address 2:
City/State/Zip: Edinburg, Texas 78539                          City/State/Zip:
Tel. (972) 419-3800    Ext.       Fax: (972) 239-5046          Tel.                Ext.   Fax:
Email: grasso@chavezlegalgroup.com                             Email:
Party: Defendant Annette Fobbs                                 Party:

Date Served:                                                   Date Served:
Manner Served: Select                                          Manner Served: Select
Name:                                                          Name:
Bar No.                                                        Bar No.
Firm/Agency:                                                   Firm/Agency:
Address 1:                                                     Address 1:
Address 2:                                                     Address 2:
City/State/Zip:                                                City/State/Zip:
Tel.                   Ext.       Fax:                         Tel.                Ext.   Fax:
Email:                                                         Email:
Party:                                                         Party:

Date Served:
Manner Served: Select
Name:
Bar No.
Firm/Agency:
Address 1:
Address 2:
City/State/Zip:
Tel.                   Ext.       Fax:
Email:
Party:

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Please enter the following for each person served that is not an attorney for a party:
Date Served:                                           Date Served:
Manner Served: Select                                  Manner Served: Select
Name:                                                  Name:
Address 1:                                             Address 1:
Address 2:                                             Address 2:
City/State/Zip:                                        City/State/Zip:
Tel.                Ext.                               Tel.                Ext.
Fax:                                                   Fax:
Email:                                                 Email:

Date Served:                                           Date Served:
Manner Served: Select                                  Manner Served: Select
Name:                                                  Name:
Address 1:                                             Address 1:
Address 2:                                             Address 2:
City/State/Zip:                                        City/State/Zip:
Tel.                Ext.                               Tel.                Ext.
Fax:                                                   Fax:
Email:                                                 Email:

Date Served:                                           Date Served:
Manner Served: Select                                  Manner Served: Select
Name:                                                  Name:
Address 1:                                             Address 1:
Address 2:                                             Address 2:
City/State/Zip:                                        City/State/Zip:
Tel.                Ext.                               Tel.                Ext.
Fax:                                                   Fax:
Email:                                                 Email:

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