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Argued November 14, 2007.
Decided December 5, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kay Andrews, Kurt Howard Kuhn, Virginia K. Hoelscher, Brown McCarroll, LLP, Austin, Laura A. Frase, Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy, LLP, Robert E. Thackston, Robert B. Gilbreath, Hawkins, Parnell & Thackston, LLP, Dallas, TX, for Relator.
Charles S. Siegel, Amanda Lea Reichek, Waters & Kraus, LLP, Jay Eric Stuemke, Simon Eddins & Greenstone, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Real Party in Interest.
Larry Funderburk, Funderburk & Funderburk, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for person interested in case-Acrowood.
Lewis C. Miltenberger, Fort Worth TX, for person interested in case-Foster Wheeler.
L. Hayes Fuller, III, Naman Howell Smith & Lee LLP, Waco, TX, for person interested in case-Goulds and Spence.
Robert Wilkinson, Dogan & Wilkinson, Pascagoula, MS, for person interested in case-Guard Line.
Dawn Marie Wright, Thompson & Knight, Dallas, TX, for person interested in case-Honeywell.
Peter A. Moir, Quilling, Selander, Cummiskey & Lownds, P.C., Dallas, TX, for person interested in case-Owens Illinois.
Alan P. Moore, Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for person interested in case-Tyco & Yarway.
Brooke Hardie, Austin, TX, for person interested in case-Tyco Valves.
Barbara Jane Barron, Mehaffy & Weber, Beaumont, TX, for person interested in case-Zy-Tech.
Gary D. Elliston, for Amicus Curiae-Sterling Fluid & FMC Corp.
Greg T. Kinskey, Fanning, Harper & Martinson, Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae-Yarway.
Greg White, Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee LLP, Waco, TX, for Amicus Curiae-Goulds Pumps.
Michael John Ramirez, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae-Crane Co.
Manuel Lopez, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae.
Supreme Court of Texas.
Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court.
Although Austin Richards never lived or worked in Texas, he sued numerous defendants in Dallas County as a result of alleged exposure to asbestos at his jobsite in Maine. He alleged that he developed mesothelioma as a result of the exposure and that the defendants were liable to him because they produced or were involved in furnishing the asbestos. Several defendants moved for dismissal on the basis of forum non...
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