URENA TAYLOR v. DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORP.

No. CIV.A. 1:01-CV-550.

196 F.Supp.2d 428 (2001)

Erika Zorayda URENA TAYLOR Individually and as Representative of The Estate of Samuel Rivera Gutierrez and on behalf all Those Entitled to Recover Under the Texas Wrongful Death Act for the Death of Samuel Rivera Gutierrez and as Next Friend of De Alejandra Rivera Urena, A Minor Child and Policia Fiscal Federal de Mexico Plaintiffs v. DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORPORATION Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. Defendants

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

December 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mikal C. Watts, William Joseph Maiberger, Jr., Watts & Heard, San Antonio, TX, Michael A. Pohl, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs.

Lawrence Louis Germer, Germer & Gertz, Beaumont, TX, for Daimler/Chrysler.

H. RonaldWelsh, Knox Nunnally, Phillip Bruce Dye, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Bridgestone/Firestone.

Steven Bradley Harris, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Houston, TX, for Bridgestone Corp.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

COBB, District Judge.

Before the court are Defendants Daimler/Chrysler's and Bridgestone/Firestone's Motions to Dismiss Pursuant to the Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens [Dkt. # 6 & 17], and the court having reviewed the motions and responses on file is of the opinion that the motions be GRANTED.

This case involves a single car accident that occurred on July 11, 1999, in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Samuel Rivera Gutierrez, a...

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