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IN RE FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 12-0957.

442 S.W.3d 265 (2014)

In re FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 3, 2014.

Rehearing Denied October 3, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry W. Lawrence , Michael Lawrence , Lawrence Law Firm, Austin TX, Gregory Lamar Gowan , Gowan Elizondo, L.L.P., Bradford Parker Klager , Douglas A. Allison , Law Offices of Douglas A. Allison, Corpus Christi TX, Richard Harley   Grafton, Thomas M. Bullion III , Germer Gertz Beaman & Brown, LLP, Austin TX, for Real Party in Interest.

Alison Kennamer , Jaime A. Saenz , Colvin, Chaney , Saenz & Rodriguez L.L.P., Brownsville TX, Gregory G. Garre , Michael E. Bern , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington DC, Michael W. Eady , Wade Caven Crosnoe , Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., Austin TX, for Relator.

Justice WILLETT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice HECHT, Justice GREEN, Justice GUZMAN, and Justice LEHRMANN joined.

This case requires us to interpret the definition of "plaintiff" in the Texas-resident exception to the forum non conveniens statute. A defendant estate was sued in Texas regarding a Mexican decedent's alleged responsibility for a car accident in Mexico. The estate filed a third-party claim against Ford. Wrongful-death

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