916 S.W.2d 685, 692 (Tex.App.-Waco 1996, writ denied); HBA East, Ltd. v. JEA Boxing Co., 796 S.W.2d 534, 536 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 1990, writ denied); Audio Data Corp. v. Monus, 789 S.W.2d 281, 286 (Tex.App.-Dallas 1990, no writ). An exception exists when the claims against debtor and non-debtor parties are “inextricably intertwined.” See Carway v. Progressive County Mut. Ins. Co., 183 B.R. 769, 775 (S.D.Tex.1995) (citing A.H. Robins Co. v. Piccinin, 788 F.2d 994, 1001 (4th Cir.1986)); Federal Life Ins. Co. (Mut.) v. First Fin. of Tex., Inc., 3 B.R. 375, 376-77 (S.D.Tex.1980). The dismissal of a defendant/debt- or from a lawsuit does not violate the bankruptcy stay. See Orion Inv., Inc. v. Dunaway & Assocs., Inc., 760 S.W.2d 371, 374 (Tex.App.-Fort Worth 1988, writ denied) (<HOLDING>); Weaver v. Jock, 717 S.W.2d 654, 658
holding nonsuit does not violate bankruptcy stay because it is a termination of the case against the debtor holding nonsuit does not frustrate purpose of bankruptcy stay which is to protect the debtor against further actions and to ensure equal treatment of creditors holding that the protections of the automatic stay apply only to actions against the debtor holding dismissal is not precluded by bankruptcy stay holding that although the automatic stay only applies to proceedings against the debtor  counterclaims seeking affirmative relief against a debtor implicate the automatic stay