COUCH v. CHEVRON INTERN. OIL CO.

No. B14-83-422CV.

672 S.W.2d 16 (1984)

Valerie Jacqueline COUCH, et al, Appellant, v. CHEVRON INTERNATIONAL OIL CO., INC., et al, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston, Fourteenth District.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benton Musslewhite, Law Offices of Benton Musslewhite, Newton B. Schwartz, Houston, for appellant.

Randy J. McClanahan, Baker & Botts, Jack Allbritton, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, for appellee.

Before PRESSLER, ROBERTSON and ELLIS, JJ.


PAUL PRESSLER, Justice.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a wrongful death action brought by the survivors of a Scottish seaman who died of injuries sustained while working on a diving support vessel in the North Sea. The action was dismissed under the doctrine of forum non conveniens. We affirm.

In their first three points of error, appellants claim: (1) TEX.REV.CIV.STAT.ANN. art. 4678 (Vernon 1982-1983) deprives the trial court of discretion...

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