BRIDGESTONE CORP. v. LOPEZ

No. 13-02-526-CV.

131 S.W.3d 670 (2004)

BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION et al., Appellants, v. Juan Macias LOPEZ, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi-Edinburg.

Rehearing Overruled May 6, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burgain G. Hayes, Trek C. Doyle, John R. Jones, Delgado, Acosta, Braden, Jones & Hayes, P.C., Austin, for Appellants.

William R. Edwards, III, John Blaise Gsanger, The Edwards Law Firm, L.L.P., Douglas A. Allison, Law Offices of Douglas Allison, Darrell L. Barger, Corpus Christi, Kyle H. Dreyer, Hartline, Dacus, Barger, Dreyer & Kern, L.L.P., Dallas, Robert J. Patterson, Patterson & Associates, Corpus Christi, Knox D. Nunnally, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Arnold Gonzales, Jr., William R. Edwards, The Edwards Law Firm, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, for Appellees.

Morgan L. Copeland, Jr., Sandra G. Rodriguez, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, J.A. `Tony' Canales, Canales & Simonson, P.C., Corpus Christi, for Other Interested Parties

Before Justices HINOJOSA, YANEZ, and GARZA.


OPINION

Opinion by Justice YAÑEZ.

In a single issue, appellant Bridgestone Corporation ("Bridgestone") contends the trial court erred in denying its special appearance. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014(a)(7) (Vernon Supp. 2004); TEX.R.APP. P. 28.1. We affirm.

Background

This interlocutory appeal arises out of a single-vehicle automobile crash which occurred in Mexico on August 3, 2000. Appellees (plaintiffs...

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