MARIA E. PERALES AND EDWARD L. PERALES v. TODD R. HOWELL, M.D., LUZ PEREZ, L.V.N., VALERIE C. BRIAULT, R.N., PAUL EBEJER, R.N., AND DOUG ALEXANDER, E.R.C.T.--Appeal from 94th District Court of Nueces County

NUMBERS

13-02-078-CV

13-02-547-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI

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  MARIA E. PERALES AND EDWARD L. PERALES, Appellants,

v.

TODD R. HOWELL, M.D., LUZ PEREZ, L.V.N.,

VALERIE C. BRIAULT, R.N., PAUL EBEJER,

R.N., AND DOUG ALEXANDER, E.R.C.T., Appellees.

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On appeal from the 94th District Court

of Nueces County, Texas.

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O P I N I O N

Before Justices Dorsey, Hinojosa, and Castillo

Opinion Per Curiam

Appellants, MARIA E. PERALES AND EDWARD L. PERALES, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 94th District Court of Nueces County, Texas, in cause number 97-5259-C. After the record and appellants= brief were filed, appellants filed a motion to dismiss the appeal as to appellees, TODD R. HOWELL, M.D., LUZ PEREZ, L.V.N., VALERIE C. BRIAULT, R.N., PAUL EBEJER, R.N., AND DOUG ALEXANDER, E.R.C.T.. Appellants state that they no longer wish to prosecute this appeal against appellees, TODD R. HOWELL, M.D., LUZ PEREZ, L.V.N., VALERIE C. BRIAULT, R.N., PAUL EBEJER, R.N., AND DOUG ALEXANDER, E.R.C.T..

Having considered appellants= motion to dismiss the appeal and the documents on file, this Court is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. The motion to dismiss appellants= appeal against appellees, TODD R. HOWELL, M.D., LUZ PEREZ, L.V.N., VALERIE C. BRIAULT, R.N., PAUL EBEJER, R.N., AND DOUG ALEXANDER, E.R.C.T., is hereby granted. The appeal against appellees, TODD R. HOWELL, M.D., LUZ PEREZ, L.V.N., VALERIE C. BRIAULT, R.N., PAUL EBEJER, R.N., AND DOUG ALEXANDER, E.R.C.T., is ordered DISMISSED. The appeal as to appellants, MARIA E. PERALES AND EDWARD L. PERALES, and appellees, TODD R. HOWELL, M.D., LUZ PEREZ, L.V.N., VALERIE C. BRIAULT, R.N., PAUL EBEJER, R.N., AND DOUG ALEXANDER, E.R.C.T., is severed from the original appeal and is docketed under cause number 13-02-547-CV.

The remaining issues in the appeal between appellants, MARIA E. PERALES AND EDWARD L. PERALES, and appellee, SPOHN HEALTH SYSTEM CORP., will remain docketed under cause number 13-02-078-CV.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish.

Tex. R. App. P.47.3.

Opinion delivered and filed this

the 17th day of October, 2002.