Dismissed and Opinion filed January 30, 2003.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-02-00803-CV

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REPUBLIC WASTE SERVICES, INC., Appellant

V.

LIONELL MARSHALL, Appellee

On Appeal from the 129th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 00-43819

M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

This is an appeal from a judgment signed May 21, 2002.

On January 24, 2003, the parties filed a joint motion to vacate the trial court=s judgment and dismiss the case because the case has been settled.  See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1.  The motion is granted.

Accordingly, the judgment signed May 21, 2002, is vacated and the case is ordered dismissed.                                                                            PER CURIAM

Judgment rendered and Opinion filed January 30, 2003.

Panel consists of Justices Edelman, Seymore, and Guzman.