NUMBER 13-01-373-CV

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                CORPUS CHRISTI

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GREG SHARP,                                                                      Appellant,

                                                   v.

MISSION HOSPITAL, INC.,                                                     Appellee.

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                        On appeal from the 92nd  District Court

                                  of Hidalgo County, Texas.

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                                   O P I N I O N

                       Before Justices Dorsey, Yañez, and Chavez^[1]

Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, GREG SHARP, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 92nd District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas, in cause number C-799-00-A.  After the record and briefs were filed and after the cause was submitted to the Court, the parties filed a joint motion to dismiss for mootness due to settlement.  In the motion, the parties state that they have entered into a settlement agreement and all claims between them have been resolved.  The parties request that this Court dismiss the appeal.

The Court, having considered the documents on file and the joint motion to dismiss, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted.  The joint motion to dismiss for mootness due to settlement is granted, and the appeal is hereby DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish.

Tex. R. App. P. 47.3.

Opinion delivered and filed this

the 12^th day of December, 2002.