ACCEPTED 04-15-00350-CV FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7/6/2015 6:35:06 PM KEITH HOTTLE CLERK No. 04-15-00350-CV FILED IN IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 4th COURT OF APPEALS FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7/6/2015 6:35:06 PM ______________ KEITH E. HOTTLE Clerk JACK RETTIG, APPELLANT, V.

RONALD E. BRUNO; CHRISTOPHER GARCIA; SERGIO LOPEZ; PATRICK G.

MENDOZA; TROY J. WILLIAMS, APPELLEES. ______________

APPELLEE PATRICK G. MENDOZA’S RESPONSE TO MOTION TO ABATE APPEAL

Lance H. “Luke” Beshara Texas State Bar No. 24045492 [email protected] Leslie Sara Hyman Texas State Bar No. 00798274 [email protected] Brandon L. Grubbs Texas State Bar No. 24072130 [email protected] PULMAN, CAPPUCCIO, PULLEN, BENSON & JONES, LLP 2161 N.W. Military Hwy., Suite 400 San Antonio, Texas 78213 (210) 222-9494 Telephone (210) 892-1610 Facsimile ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE PATRICK G. MENDOZA TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS: Now comes Appellee Patrick G. Mendoza (“Mendoza”) and files this Motion to Response to Motion to Abate Appeal, and in support thereof would respectfully show the Court as follows: Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 9.7, Mendoza adopts by reference Appellee Christopher Garcia’s Response to Motion to Abate Appeal as though set forth fully herein. Mendoza opposes abatement of this appeal.

PRAYER WHEREFORE, Mendoza prays that this motion be denied, and Mendoza be awarded all such other and further relief, both general and special, at law or in equity, to which he may be entitled.

Respectfully submitted, PULMAN, CAPPUCCIO, PULLEN, BENSON & JONES, LLP Burnett Street, Suite 150 Fort Worth, Texas 76102 (817) 289-9494 Telephone (817) 870-9852 Facsimile By:_/s/ Lance H. “Luke” Beshara____ Lance H. “Luke” Beshara Texas State Bar No. 24045492 [email protected] Leslie Sara Hyman Texas State Bar No. 00798274 [email protected] Brandon L. Grubbs Texas State Bar No. 24072130 [email protected] ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES

̶ 2 ̶ CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on the 6th day of July, 2015, the foregoing document was e-filed with the Clerk of the Fourth Court of Appeals and was served by mail or by email or e-service as indicated below, upon the following: Via E-File Service: Audrey Mullert Vicknair LAW OFFICE OF AUDREY MULLERT VICKNAIR N. Carancahua, Suite 1350 Corpus Christi, Texas 78401-0022 Via E-File Service: C.M. “Skip” Henkel III FRITZ, BYRNE, HEAD & FITZPATRICK, PLLC N. Shoreline, Suite 901 Corpus Christi, Texas 78401 Via E-File Service: Jana K. Terry BECKSTEAD TERRY, PLLC 9442 N. Capital of Texas Highway Arboretum Plaza One, Suite 500 Austin, Texas 78759 Via E-File Service: Carlos Evaristo Flores PERSON, WHITWORTH, BORCHERS & MORALES, LLP E. Calton Road, 2nd Floor P.O. Drawer 6668 Laredo, Texas 78042-6668 Via USPS Mail: Ronald E. Bruno 2838 Woodside Street Dallas, Texas 75204

̶ 3 ̶ Via USPS Mail: Troy J. Williams 6150 Deer Run Circle Sandia, Texas 78383

/s/ Lance H. “Luke” Beshara Lance H. “Luke” Beshara

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