NUECES COUNTY COURTHOUSE CHIEF JUSTICE LEOPARD, 10TH FLOOR ROGELIO VALDEZ CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 78401 361-888-0416 (TEL) JUSTICES 361-888-0794 (FAX) NELDA V. RODRIGUEZ DORI CONTRERAS GARZA HIDALGO COUNTY GINA M. BENAVIDES ADMINISTRATION BLDG.

GREGORY T. PERKES NORA L. LONGORIA Court of Appeals 100 E. CANO, 5TH FLOOR EDINBURG, TEXAS 78539 956-318-2405 (TEL) CLERK DORIAN E. RAMIREZ Thirteenth District of Texas 956-318-2403 (FAX)

May 29, 2014 Hon. Clint Lewis Taylor Hon. Anjali Nigam 1700 Pacific Ave Ste 3100 945 Heights Blvd. Dallas, TX 75201-4656 Houston, TX 77008 Hon. John C. Wander Hon. Raymond L. Thomas Vinson & Elkins Kittleman, Thomas & Gonzalez 3700 Trammell Crow Center P.O. Box 1416 2001 Ross Avenue McAllen, TX 78504 Dallas, Tx 75201-8001 Hon. Ricardo Pumarejo Jr. Hon. Matthew Johnson Kittleman, Thomas & Gonzales 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500 4900-B N. 10th Street Houston, TX 77002 McAllen, TX 78504 Hon. Lisa C. Tulk Hon. David G. Oliveira 2100 Ross Ave., Suite 750 Roerig, Oliveira & Fisher, L. L. P. Dallas, TX 75201 855 West Price Road, Suite 9 Brownsville, TX 78520 Hon. Marcus C. Barrera Barrera & Sanchez, PC Hon. Daniel D. Tostrud 10113 N. 10th Street, Ste. A 1700 Pacific Ave Ste 3100 McAllen, TX 78504 Dallas, TX 75201-4656 Hon. Alana Kalish Pulaski Hon. Gary S. Kessler 3200 Southwest Fwy Ste 2100 2100 Ross Ave., Suite 750 Houston, TX 77027-7525 Dallas, TX 75201 Hon. David T. McDowell Hon. Ramon Rosales Junior 3200 Southwest Fwy Ste 2100 The Law Offices of Ramon Rosales Jr., Houston, TX 77027-7525 P.C.

2011 North Conway Hon. Walter Perry Zivley Jr. Mission, TX 78572 Travis St., Suite 2800 Houston, TX 77007 Hon. Mark Andrew Carrigan Carrigan, McCloskey & Roberson, LLP Hon. Stacey Neumann Vu 945 Heights Blvd. First City Tower Houston, TX 77008 1001 Fannin St Ste 2500 Houston, TX 77002-6760 Hon. Manuel Berrelez 2001 Ross Ave Ste 3700 Dallas, TX 75201-2975 Page 2

Hon. Aaron I. Vela Attorney at Law E. Cano Edinburg, TX 78539 Hon. Steven Vidaurri N. 10th Street Edinburg, TX 78541 Re: Cause No. 13-14-00126-CV Tr.Ct.No. C-2600-09-B Style: In Re Thomas Agresti Re: Cause No. 13-14-00149-CV Tr.Ct.No. C-2600-09-B Style: In Re Ing America Equitites, Inc. and Security Life of Denver Insurance Company Re: Cause No. 13-14-00154-CV Tr.Ct.No. C-2600-09-B Style: In Re American General Life Insurance Company and American International Group, Inc. Re: Cause No. 13-14-00168-CV Tr.Ct.No. C-2600-09-B Style: In Re Nelson P. Todd, Orchard Financial Group, LLC, and Orchard Administrators, LLC

Enclosed please find a copy of the opinion issued by this Court on this date.

Very truly yours,

Dorian E. Ramirez, Clerk DER:cc Enc. cc: Hon. Rodolfo Delgado, Respondent Hon. Laura Hinojosa, District Clerk Hon. J. Rolando Olvera Jr., Presiding Judge, 5th Administrative Judicial Region