                           NUMBER 13-08-00223-CV

                           COURT OF APPEALS

                 THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                   CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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COLUMBIA RIO GRANDE HEALTHCARE L.P.
D/B/A RIO GRANDE REGIONAL HOSPITAL
AND OSCAR LUIS TRUJILLO, M.D.,                                            Appellants,

                                          v.

ELIAS DE LA GARZA AND LYNDA DELEON,
INDIVIUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIENDS OF
CRYSTAL HYATT DE LA GARZA, A MINOR,              Appellees.
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  On appeal from the 206th District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas.
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                        MEMORANDUM OPINION

    Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Yañez and Benavides
                  Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      The parties to this appeal have filed a joint motion asking the Court to vacate the

trial court’s judgment and render judgment of dismissal. According to the motion, the

parties have reached an agreement to settle and compromise their differences. They ask
this Court to vacate the underlying judgment and render judgment dismissing all claims

with prejudice and tax any cost against the party that incurred it. See TEX . R. APP. P.

42.1(a)(2)(A).

      We GRANT the joint motion to vacate the judgment. We RENDER judgment,

DISMISS all claims with prejudice, and DISMISS this appeal. In accordance with the

agreement of the parties, costs are taxed against the party incurring same. Having

dismissed the appeal at the parties’ request, no motion for rehearing will be entertained.

At the request of the parties, the mandate will issue immediately. See TEX . R. APP. P.

18.1(c). Other pending motions, if any, are dismissed as moot.




                                                PER CURIAM


Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed
this the 20th day of January, 2009.




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