DIAMOND OFFSHORE (BERMUDA) v. HAAKSMAN

No. 14-10-01061-CV.

355 S.W.3d 842 (2011)

DIAMOND OFFSHORE (BERMUDA), LTD., Appellant, v. Suzanne Elisabeth HAAKSMAN as Beneficiary of Robert Duncan Burn Quinn, and Thomas Joseph McCartney, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

November 3, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Wayne Chapman, Jr. , Dallas, TX, for appellant.

Patrick M. Flynn , Houston, TX, for appellees.

Panel consists of Justices FROST, JAMISON, and McCALLY.


OPINION

SHARON McCALLY, Justice.

Diamond Offshore (Bermuda), Ltd. appeals the trial court's recognition, pursuant to the Texas Uniform Foreign Country Money-Judgments Recognition Act,1 of two judgments rendered by a court in The Netherlands in favor of Duncan Burn Quinn and Thomas Joseph McCartney. Because we conclude that the trial court erred by denying Diamond Bermuda's motion for nonrecognition, we reverse and render.

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