ACCEPTED 03-13-00576-CV 4778435 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 4/6/2015 4:38:12 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK No. 03-13-00576-CV In the Court of Appeals FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS for the Third Judicial District AUSTIN, TEXAS 4/6/2015 4:38:12 PM at Austin, Texas JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk

GLENN HEGAR, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND KEN PAXTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellants, v. IMPERIAL FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

On Appeal from the 126th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas

REPORT REGARDING STATUS OF ABATEMENT

TO THE HONORABLE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS: Consistent with the Court’s order of March 4, 2015, the Comptroller files this report. The parties have reached an agreement and are in the process of obtaining signatures on the settlement agreement. They have undertaken to file a motion to dismiss the appeal once payment of the settlement amount is issued through the Comptroller’s fraud-waste-and- abuse process and has been cashed by the plaintiff. The Comptroller asks that the Court continue the abatement in place until completion of payment,

which could take around 45 days from the date all signatures are made to the compromise and settlement agreement.

PRAYER The Court should continue the abatement of the appeal until the payment issues and is cashed by the plaintiff.

Respectfully submitted, KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas CHARLES E. ROY First Attorney General of Texas SCOTT A. KELLER Solicitor General

/s/ Kristofer S. Monson KRISTOFER S. MONSON Assistant Solicitor General State Bar No. 24037129 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Tel.: (512) 936-1700 Fax: (512) 474-2697 [email protected] COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS /s/ Doug Sigel Doug Sigel RYAN LAW FIRM, LLP Congress Avenue, Suite 950 Austin, Texas 78701 Fax: (512) 459-6601 [email protected] COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE On April 6, 2015, this Notice was served via CaseFileXpress on:

Doug Sigel Kristofer S. Monson RYAN LAW FIRM, LLP Office of the Attorney General Congress Avenue, Suite 950 PO Box 12548 (MC 059) Austin, Texas 78701 Austin, Texas 78701 [email protected] kristofer.monson @texasattorneygeneral.gov COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS /s/ Doug Sigel /s/ Kristofer S. Monson