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*0 FILED IN 14th COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 12/11/2015 2:16:59 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk *1 ACCEPTED 14-15-01039-CV FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS 12/4/2015 5:29:44 PM Chris Daniel - District Clerk Harris County HOUSTON, TEXAS Envelope No. 8104072 12/11/2015 2:16:59 PM By: Joshua Bovell CHRISTOPHER PRINE Filed: 12/4/2015 5:29:44 PM CLERK

CAUSE NO. 2015-03230

A+ AUTO CARE, LLC, THOMAS TICKNER § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

Plaintiffs, §

v. §

§ HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS

HEARST NEWSPAPERS, LLC, D/B/A, §

HEARST MEDIA SERVICES, HOUSTON §

CHRONICLE, JOSH GOLD, ERIC PRAVDA, §

AND TYLER DELLER, §

§ 269TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Defendants. §

NOTICE OF ACCELERATED INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL

Defendants Hearst Newspapers, LLC d/b/a Hearst Media Services, Houston Chronicle

and Josh Gold, (collectively, “Hearst” or the “Hearst Defendants”), file this Notice of

Accelerated Interlocutory Appeal pursuant to Chapter 51.04(a)(12) and Chapter 27.008(b) of the

Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code, and respectfully show the Court as follows:

1. Defendants Hearst Newspapers, LLC d/b/a Hearst Media Services, Houston

Chronicle and Josh Gold, in A+ Auto Care, LLC, Thomas Tickner v. Hearst Newspapers, LLC,

d/b/a Hearst Media Services, Houston Chronicle, Josh Gold, Eric Pravda, and Tyler Deller ,

Cause No. 2015-03230 in the 269th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas, desire to

appeal from the Order signed by the Hon. Dan Hinde on November 17, 2015, denying in part the

Hearst Defendants’ motion to dismiss pursuant to the Texas Citizens Protection Act, T EX . C IV .

P RAC . & R EM . C ODE ch. 27, along with all rulings subsumed or incorporated therein.

2. The Order appealed from was signed on November 17, 2015. A copy of the

Order is attached hereto as Exhibit A. This Notice of Accelerated Interlocutory Appeal is filed

within twenty (20) days of the interlocutory order. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 26.1(b).

3. Defendants Hearst Newspapers, LLC d/b/a Hearst Media Services, Houston

Chronicle and Josh Gold desire to appeal that part of the attached Order denying their motion to

dismiss filed under Chapter 27 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code.

4. The appeal is hereby taken to the First or Fourteenth District Court of Appeals,

Houston, Texas.

5. This notice is filed by Defendants Hearst Newspapers, LLC d/b/a Hearst

Media Services, Houston Chronicle and Josh Gold.

6. The appeal of this case is an accelerated appeal.

7. This case is not a parental termination or child protection case, as defined in Rule

28.4.

8. I certify there is no related appeal or original proceeding that has been previously

filed in either the First or Fourteenth District Court of Appeals.

9. The Hearst Defendants have or will make arrangements to obtain and pay for the

Clerk’s Record in this matter. The Hearst Defendants have or will make arrangements to obtain

and pay for the Reporter’s Record in this matter.

DATED and FILED this 4th day of December, 2015.

Respectfully Submitted,

By: _/s/ Jonathan R. Donnellan_________________

Jonathan R. Donnellan (State Bar No. 24063660)

Office of General Counsel

The Hearst Corporation

300 West 57th Street

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: 212-841-7000

Facsimile: 212-554-7000

jdonnellan@hearst.com

Attorney for Defendants Hearst Newspapers, LLC

d/b/a Hearst Media Services, Houston Chronicle

and Josh Gold

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was served on all counsel of

record on this the 4th day of December, 2015, by the E-File system.

___/s/_ Jonathan R. Donnellan_______ Jonathan R. Donnellan