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SPIR STAR AG v. KIMICH

No. 07-0340.

310 S.W.3d 868 (2010)

SPIR STAR AG, Petitioner, v. Louis KIMICH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided March 12, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah B. Duncan, Elissa Gail Underwood, Mike A. Hatchell, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, LLP, Austin, TX, Rick Lee Oldenettel, Oldenettel & Associates, P.C., Houston, TX, for Petitioner.

Scott Rothenberg, Law Offices of Scott Rothenberg, Keith M. Fletcher, Simmons & Fletcher, Houston, TX, for Respondent.

Chief Justice JEFFERSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

A foreign manufacturer sold its products in Texas through a Texas distributor. We must decide whether the use of that distributorship insulates the manufacturer from the reach of a Texas court when one of the products injures a Texas citizen. We hold that a manufacturer is subject to specific personal jurisdiction in Texas when it intentionally targets Texas as...

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