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*0 FILED IN 4th COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 09/9/2015 8:34:04 AM KEITH E. HOTTLE Clerk *1 FILED 9/8/2015 4:48:58 PM
Donna Kay McKinney Bexar County District Clerk
Accepted By: Consuelo Gomez
CAUSE NO. 2014-CI-13633
Helen Arlene Owen, on behalf of all Wrongful § IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Death Beneficiaries and Heirs of §
Lily Mines, Deceased §
§ Helen Bomar, as Wrongful Death Beneficiary and §
on Behalf of the Estate of Frank Bomar, Deceased §
§ Trinidad Virginia Luna Rangel and Ted Richard §
Luna, as all Wrongful Death Beneficiaries and §
Heirs of Trinidad Luna, Deceased §
§ Carrie Lopez, on behalf of all Wrongful § Death Beneficiaries and Heirs of § 45 JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Porfirio Ramirez, Deceased §
§ Sandra Mata, on Behalf of All Wrongful Death and §
Beneficiaries and Heirs of Juanita Trinidad, §
Deceased §
§ Carmen Perez, as Wrongful Death Beneficiary and §
on Behalf of the Estate of Sally Perez, Deceased §
§ Reginald Bateman, as Wrongful Death Beneficiary §
And Heir of Doris Lewis, Deceased §
§ Orlando Cisneros, as Wrongful Death Beneficiary §
And on Behalf of the Estate of Lolie Cisneros, §
Deceased §
§ Plaintiffs §
vs. §
§ Specialty Select Care Center of San Antonio, §
L.L.C. d/b/a Casa Rio Healthcare and §
Rehabilitation, §
§ Defendant § BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS
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D EFENDANT ’ S N OTICE OF A PPEAL
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COMES NOW, Defendant Specialty Select Care Center of San Antonio, LLC, d/b/a Casa
Rio Healthcare and Rehabilitation (“ Defendant ” or “ Casa Rio ”), and timely files this Notice of
PPEAL – Page 1
Appeal pursuant to Rule 25.1 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure and, in support thereof,
respectfully shows the Court as follows:
I.
Defendant Casa Rio appeals from the cause styled, Helen Arlene Owen, et al., v. Specialty
Select Care Center of San Antonio, LLC, d/b/a Casa Rio Healthcare and Rehabilitation , and
having cause number 2014-CI-13633 in the 45 th District Court of Bexar County, Texas, Honorable
Judge David Canales presiding.
II.
Casa Rio appeals the Trial Court’s Order Denying Specialty Select Care Center of San
Antonio, LLC, d/b/a Casa Rio Healthcare and Rehabilitation’s Motion to Compel Arbitration and
Abate , which was signed on August 19, 2015. No party has filed a motion for new trial or other
motion extending the appellate deadline.
III.
Casa Rio desires to appeal and hereby invokes the Appellate Court’s jurisdiction over all
parties. T EX . R. A PP . P. 25.1(b); T EX . C IV . P RAC . & R EM . C ODE § 51.016; 9 U.S.C.A. § 1; Cotton
Commercial USA, Inc. v. Clear Creek Indep. Sch. Dist. , 387 S.W.3d 99 (Tex. App. – Houston
[14 th Dist.] 2012, no pet.) (Interlocutory appeal of trial court's denial of motion to compel
arbitration is available regardless of whether motion relied on Texas General Arbitration Act
(TAA) or Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)).
IV.
This appeal is to the Honorable Court of Appeals for the 4 District of Texas at San
Antonio.
*3 V.
Because this is an interlocutory, accelerated appeal under T EX . C IV . P RAC . & R EM . C ODE
§51.016, this Notice of Appeal has been filed within twenty days of the Trial Court’s Order
Denying Specialty Select Care Center of San Antonio, LLC, d/b/a Casa Rio Healthcare and
Rehabilitation’s Motion to Compel Arbitration and Abate and is therefore timely. T EX . R. A PP . P.
26.1.
Respectfully submitted,
SULLIVAN & COOK, LLC
/s/ Jeffrey Cook
Jeffrey Cook
State Bar No. 04734495
jcook@sullivancook.com Adam Barela
State Bar. No. 24027138
abarela@sullivancook.com
600 E. Las Colinas Boulevard
Suite 1300
Irving, Texas 75039
Telephone: (214) 520-7494
Facsimile: (214) 528-6925
-And-
Carl J. Kolb
State Bar Number 11660480
Jeffrey L. Stewart
State Bar No. 19211150
CARL J. KOLB, P.C.
926 Chulie Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78216
Telephone: 210/225-6666
Telecopier: 210/225-2300
carl@carlkolblaw.com
jeff@carlkolblaw.com
-And-
*4 Elizabeth Conry Davidson
Attorney at Law
926 Chulie Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78216
(210) 380-4899 telephone
(210) 225-2300 facsimile
conrydavidson@gmail.com
A TTORNEYS FOR D EFENDANT
S PECIALTY S ELECT C ARE C ENTER OF S AN A NTONIO ,
L.L.C. D / B / A C ASA R IO H EALTHCARE AND
R EHABILITATION
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing document was sent to all counsel of record on this 8 th day of September, 2015, as indicated below.
Via Facsimile
Marynell Maloney
Michelle Maloney
Byron Miller
Gavin McInnis
Marynell Maloney Law Firm, PLLC 115 East Travis St., 18 Floor
San Antonio, Texas 78205
/s/ Jeffrey Cook