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GONZALEZ v. CHRYSLER CORP.

No. 01-40012.

301 F.3d 377 (2002)

Jorge Luis Machuca GONZALEZ; Martha Patricia Lopez Guerrero, Individually and as Heirs and Representatives of the Estate of Luis Pablo Machuca Lopez, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION, etc.; et al., Defendants, Chrysler Corporation, also known as Chrysler Motors Corporation; TRW, Inc.; TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc.; Morton International, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 20, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Escamilla (argued), Rodriguez, Tovar, Calvillo & Garcia, McAllen, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

David C. Duggins (argued), Trek C. Doyle, Clark, Thomas & Winters, Austin, TX, for Chrysler Corp.

David Richard Tippetts, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Houston, TX, for TRW Inc. and TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc.

Keith Neill Uhles, Ewing Edben Sikes, III, Jon Daniel Brooks, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Brownsville, TX, for Morton Intern., Inc.

Before JOLLY, JONES and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

In this forum non conveniens case, we first consider whether the cap imposed by Mexican law on the recovery of tort damages renders Mexico an inadequate forum for resolving a tort suit by a Mexican citizen against an American manufacturer and an American designer of an air bag. Holding that Mexico — despite its cap on damages — represents an adequate alternative forum, we next consider whether the district court committed...

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