NO. 07-02-0174-CV

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

AT AMARILLO

PANEL C

JULY 16, 2002

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KARLA L. CARTER AND DOUGLAS E. CARTER, INDIVIDUALLY

AND AS NEXT FRIEND FOR BLAKE D. CARTER, APPELLANTS

V.

STANLEY M. DUCHMAN, M.D., APPELLEE

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FROM THE 333RD DISTRICT COURT OF HARRIS COUNTY;

NO. 2001-43911; HONORABLE JOSEPH HALBACH, JR., JUDGE

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Before QUINN and REAVIS and JOHNSON, JJ.

Appellants Karla L. Carter and Douglas E. Carter, individually as next friend for Blake D. Carter, and appellee, Stanley M. Duchman, M.D.  filed a Joint Motion to Dismiss Appeal on July 3, 2002, averring that they no longer wished to prosecute this appeal.

Without passing on the merits of the case, the parties’ joint motion for dismissal is granted and the appeal is hereby dismissed.  Tex. R. App. P. 42.2.   All costs having been

paid, no order pertaining to the costs is made.  Having dismissed the appeal at the parties’ request, no motion for rehearing will be entertained and our mandate will issue forthwith.  

Phil Johnson

       Justice

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