COURT OF APPEALS

                                                    EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                                               EL PASO, TEXAS

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH              )

SCIENCES CENTER,                                          )            No.  08-02-00218-CV

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Appellant,                          )                 Appeal from the

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v.                                                                           )               346th District Court

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LILIA SIFUENTES,                                             )           of El Paso County, Texas

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Appellee.                           )                  (TC# 99-361)

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O P I N I O N

Pending before the Court is the Appellee=s agreed motion to dismiss this appeal pursuant to Tex.R.App.P. 42.1(a)(1), which states:

(a) The appellate court may dispose of an appeal as follows:

(1)        in accordance with an agreement signed by all parties or their attorneys and filed with the clerk . . . .

On August 23, 2002, an agreed motion to dismiss the appeal was filed with the Court.  Included with the motion was a copy of the settlement agreement reached by the parties.  Accordingly, the parties have complied with the requirements of Rule 42.1(a)(1).  The Court has considered this cause on Appellee=s motion and concludes the motion should be granted and the appeal should be dismissed.  We therefore dismiss the appeal.

September 12, 2002

DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice

Before Panel No. 3

Barajas, C.J., Larsen, and Chew, JJ.

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