COMMONWEALTH GENERAL CORP. v. YORK

No. 04-0829.

177 S.W.3d 923 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH GENERAL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. William E. YORK as Independent Executor of the Estate of Marguerite York, Deceased, and James Roberson, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. David Brown, Houston, Joel Wilson Reese, Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C., Dallas, Frank Weathered, Dunn, Weathered, Coffey, Rivera, Kasperitis & Rodriguez, P.C., Corpus Christi, for petitioner.

John P. Venzke, Tamera L. Venzke, Venzke Law Firm L.L.P., Houston, J.A. (Tony) Canales, Canales & Simonson, P.C., Corpus Christi, David H. Berg, Berg & Androphy, Houston, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

In this case, the trial court denied nonresident defendant Commonwealth General Corporation's special appearance. The court of appeals affirmed the denial on the basis of specific jurisdiction. 141 S.W.3d 840, 843. We conclude that there is no evidence to support the trial court's finding that the plaintiffs' causes of action arise from or relate to Commonwealth's contacts with Texas and that the court of appeals erred...

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