
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS


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                                 No. 05-0806
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                         Texas Mutual Insurance Co.

                                     v.

          ROBERT S. HOWELL, D.C. AND FIRST RIO VALLEY MEDICAL, P.A.

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                           On Petition for Review
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      ORDER

      1.    Pursuant to the notice of bankruptcy of  Robert  S.  Howell  and
First Rio Valley Medical, P.A., filed with this Court on  January  9,  2006,
this case is ABATED.  Tex. R. App. P. 8.2.

      2.    This case is removed from the Court's active  docket  and  shall
be treated as closed, subject to reinstatement upon proper motion.  Tex.  R.
App. P. 8.3.  All motions and other documents pending or  filed  are  abated
subject to being reurgued in the event the case is reinstated. Tex. R.  App.
P. 8.2, 8.3.  It is the parties' responsibility to immediately  notify  this
Court once the automatic bankruptcy stay is lifted.

      Done at the City of Austin, this 27th day of January, 2006.

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                                       Andrew Weber, Clerk
                                       Supreme Court of Texas


                                       By Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk




