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FARWAH v. PROSPEROUS MARITIME CORP.

Nos. 09-06-181 CV, 09-06-347 CV.

220 S.W.3d 585 (2007)

Paramjit FARWAH, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ravinderpal Farwah, and as Next Friend of Minor Children, Simran Farwah, Amrit Farwah, Harman Farwah, Swaran Farwah, and Sarvinder Farwah, Appellants, v. PROSPEROUS MARITIME CORP. and OCS Services (India) Ltd.-Division: Nortrans Maritime Services, Appellees. and Paramjit Farwah, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ravinderpal Farwah, and as Next Friend of Minor Children, Simran Farwah, Amrit Farwah, Harman Farwah, Swaran Farwah, and Sarvinder Farwah, Appellants, v. Valles Steamship Canada, Ltd. and Prudential Shipmanagement Ltd., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided April 5, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brady E. Ortego, Roberts Markel Bale, Jeffrey D. Roberts, John Bradley Mitchell,

Roberts Markel Guerry, Houston, Terry W. Wood, Terry W. Wood, P.C., Beaumont, for appellants.

Robert Klawetter, Christina K. Schovajsa, Eastham, Watson, Dale & Forney, Houston, for appellees.

Before McKEITHEN, C.J., KREGER and HORTON, JJ.

OPINION

HOLLIS HORTON, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court's orders granting the special appearances of four defendants and dismissing them from the underlying lawsuit. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM.CODE ANN. § 51.014(a)(7) (Vernon Supp.2006); TEX.R. Civ. P. 120a. We affirm.

I.

Factual Background

While docked at Smith's Bluff, Texas, on June 11, 2004, several members of the SEATRANSPORT...

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