Court Opinion

ID: 9895166
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Date Created: 2023-11-05 07:10:47.57002+00
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Petition Dismissed; Motion Dismissed as Moot; and Memorandum Opinion
filed October 31, 2023

                                   In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                            NO. 14-23-00824-CV

 PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL INSURNCE COMPANY, Appellant

                                     V.

 CONRADO SALDIVAR, JR. AND ALMA DELIA SALDIVAR, Appellees

                   On Appeal from the 152nd District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2020-68060

                        MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Appellant Progressive County Mutual Insurance Company (“Progressive”)
brings a petition for permission to appeal an interlocutory order that is not
otherwise appealable.
        Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 28.3(c) provides that “[t]he petition must
be filed within 15 days after the order to be appealed is signed.” Tex. R. App.
28.3(c). Under Rule 28.3(d), “[t]he court of appeals may extend the time to file the
petition if the party: (1) files the petition within 15 days after the deadline, and
(2) files a motion complying with Rule 10.5(b).” Id. 28.3(d).

        The order Progressive attempts to appeal was signed by the trial court on
April 4, 2023. The deadline for Progressive to have filed its petition in this court
was April 19, 2023. See id. 28.3(c). The deadline for Progressive to have filed a
motion for extension time to file the petition was fifteen days later. See id. 28.3(d).
Progressive did not file its petition and its motion to extend until October 30, 2023.
Although requested by Progressive, the trial court has not signed an amended order
to restart the deadlines. 1 See id. 28.3(c); see also Progressive Cnty. Mut. Ins. Co.
v. Dowdy, No. 01-20-00817-CV, 2022 WL 1572044, at *4 (Tex. App.—Houston
[1st Dist.] May 19, 2022, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op). Because the petition
and motion were filed after the statutory deadlines, this court lacks jurisdiction.
See Kline v. Legacy Tr. Co., NA, No. 14-17-00264-CV, 2017 WL 1512245 (Tex.
App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 25, 2017, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op.).

        Accordingly, we dismiss Progressive’s petition for permission to bring an
interlocutory appeal for want of jurisdiction. Progressive’s motion to extend time
to file the petition is dismissed as moot.

                                           PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Christopher and Justices Bourliot and Hassan.

1
  On September 28, 2023 the trial court signed an order granting Progressive permission for interlocutory
appeal. This order does not comply with Rule 168 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

                                                    2