                     NUMBER 13-09-00538-CV

                     COURT OF APPEALS

            THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

              CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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HILB, ROGAL & HOBBS OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, INC.
D/B/A HRH OF CORPUS CHRISTI;
HILB, ROGAL & HOBBS OF TEXAS, L.P.;
AND HILB, ROGAL & HOBBS COMPANY,                                Appellants,

                                  v.

SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY
OF AMERICA ,                                                     Appellee.

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              On Appeal from the 214th District Court
                    of Nueces County, Texas.
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                  MEMORANDUM OPINION

         Before Chief Justice Valdez, Justices Yañez and Vela
                  Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam
       Appellants, Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs of Corpus Christi, Inc., d/b/a HRH of Corpus Christi;

Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs of Texas, L.P.; and Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs Company, perfected an

appeal from a judgment entered by the 214th District Court of Nueces County, Texas, in

cause number 06-6065-F. Appellants have filed a motion to dismiss the appeal with

prejudice on grounds that the parties have reached settlement. Appellants request that

this Court dismiss the appeal.

       The Court, having considered the documents on file and appellants’ motion to

dismiss the appeal with prejudice, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. See

TEX . R. APP. P. 42.1(a). Appellants’ motion to dismiss is granted, and the appeal is hereby

DISMISSED with prejudice. Costs will be taxed against appellants. See TEX . R. APP. P.

42.1(d) ("Absent agreement of the parties, the court will tax costs against the appellant.").

Having dismissed the appeal at appellants’ request, no motion for rehearing will be

entertained, and our mandate will issue forthwith.



                                                  PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed
the 25th day of February, 2010.




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