NUMBER 13-02-382-CV

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                CORPUS CHRISTI

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BLANCA PUENTE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS

SURVIVING WIFE OF ROGELIO PUENTE AND

HIS ESTATE, AND JOEL PUENTE, INDIVIDUALLY,          Appellants,

                                                   v.

STAFF FORCE, INC.,                                                              Appellee.

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                        On appeal from the 357th  District Court

                                 of Cameron County, Texas.

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                                   O P I N I O N

                     Before Justices Dorsey, Rodriguez, and Castillo

Opinion Per Curiam

Appellants, BLANCA PUENTE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SURVIVING WIFE OF ROGELIO PUENTE AND HIS ESTATE, AND JOEL PUENTE, INDIVIDUALLY, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 357th District Court of Cameron County, Texas, in cause number 2000-07-2895-E.  After the record was filed, the parties filed a joint motion to dismiss the appeal.  In the motion, the parties state that they have reached an agreement to settle and compromise their differences in this matter.  The parties request that this Court dismiss the appeal.

The Court, having considered the documents on file and the joint motion to dismiss the appeal, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted.  The joint  motion to dismiss 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Do not publish.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 14^th day of November, 2002.