FILED DALLAS COUNTY 05-19-00509-CV 5/1/2019 9:30 FELICIA PITRE AM DISTRICT CLERK

Carmen Moorer CAUSE NO. DC-19-00329 PEDRO GARCIA IN COURT THE DISTRICTFILED IN 5th COURT OF APPEALS Plaintiff DALLAS, TEXAS 5/1/2019 12:07:22 PM V. DALLAS COUNTY, LISA MATZ TEXAS Clerk WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC., WAL-MART STORES TEXAS, LLC DBA WAL-MART STORES TEXAS WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

2007, LLC, WAL-MART STORES TEXAS, LLC DBA WALMART NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET #5624, and WAL-MART REAL ESTATE BUSINESS TRUST Defendants 160th JUDICIAL DISTRICT

DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF ACCELERATED APPEAL

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT: COME NOW, Wal-Mart Associates, Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Texas, LLC, dba Wal-Mart Stores Texas 2007, LLC, Wal-Mart Stores Texas, LLC dba Walmart Neighborhood Market #5624, and Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust, Defendants in the above-referenced cause, and file their

Notice 0f Accelerated Appeal and would show the Court the following:

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Defendants appeal the attached Order Denying Defendants’ Motion to Compel Arbitration

and Stay Litigation Proceedings signed by the Court on April 15, 2019 t0 the Fifth Court oprpeals.

DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF ACCELERATED APPEAL — Page 1 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Jerry Fazio JERRY FAZIO State Bar No. 068700 1 0 [email protected] JASON E. KIPNESS StateBar No. 24007493 [email protected] OWEN & FAZIO, P.C.

10440 N. Central Expwy., Suite 1450 Dallas, Texas 75231 (214) 891-5960 - Telephone (214) 481-9944 - Facsimile

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ISt I hereby certify that 0n the day of May 2019, a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument was served upon all counsel of record in accordance With the Texas Rules of Civil

Procedure 21 by E-Service, addressed as follows:

service@oakclifflawvers.com Cassandra M. Gandara Jessica A. Gonzalez GANDARA & GONZALEZ, PLLC 400 S. Zang B1Vd., Suite 1022 Dallas, Texas 75208

/s/ Jerry Fazio JERRY FAZIO JASON E. KIPNESS

DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF ACCELERATED APPEAL — Page 2 CAUSE NO. DC-19-00329 PEDRO GARCIA § IN THE DISTRICT COURT Plaintiff, g § .

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ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION AND STAY LITIGATION PROCEEDINGS

On this day, came on to be heard and considered Defendants’ Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay Litigation Proceedings. This Court, after considering pleadings, evidence, >

and arguments 0f counsel, is of the Hopinion that said Motion should be DENIED.

It is, therefore, ORDERED by the Court that Defendants’ Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay Litigation Proceedings ls hereby DENIED.

SIGNED on this / jfiday of / /// / 2019.

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