Opinion
NO. 02-17-00168-CV
06-14-2017
BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY (INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY AND ATCHINSON TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY) APPELLANT v. LEONARD A. BACA APPELLEE
FROM THE 48TH DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY
TRIAL COURT NO. 048-267301-13 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
We have considered appellant's petition for permissive interlocutory appeal, appellee's response, and appellant's reply. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(d), (f) (West Supp. 2016); Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(a), (f), (j).
We grant the petition. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(f). Appellant's notice of appeal is deemed filed today. See id.; Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(k). The appeal will be governed by the rules for accelerated appeals. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(f); Tex. R. App. P. 28.1, 28.3(k). Appellant must file a copy of this order with the trial court clerk. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(k).
The clerk's record and reporter's record are due on or before Monday, June 26, 2017. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(b), 35.1(b).
Appellant's brief will be due twenty days after the appellate record is filed, and appellee's brief will be due twenty days after appellant files its brief. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(a)-(b).
The clerk of this court is directed to transmit a copy of this memorandum opinion and order to the attorneys of record, the trial court judge, the trial court clerk, and the court reporter.
PER CURIAM PANEL: GABRIEL, J.; LIVINGSTON, C.J.; and KERR, J. DELIVERED: June 14, 2017