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IN RE BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS

No. 12-0946.

459 S.W.3d 565 (2015)

IN RE BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS, LLC, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: April 24, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Skaggs , Skaggs & Guerra, McAllen, for Real Party in Interest Jaime

Gutierrez , Individually and Doing Business as Gutierrez Auto Sales, Juan Gutierrez , Manuel Gutierrez , Gutierrez Brothers, Inc., d/b/a Gutierrez Auto Sales.

Larry W. Lawrence , Michael Lawrence , Lawrence Law Firm, Austin, for Real Party in Interest Gilberto Rodriguez, as Next Friend of Elian Alvarado Rodriguez and Diego, Alvarado Rodriguez, minors, and the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Maria Isabel Rodriguez and Armando Alvarado, Deceased.

Penelope E. Nicholson , PPhillip Dye Jr. , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Houston, Sandra Garza Rodriguez , Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Austin, Scott G. Edwards , Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer LLP, Dallas, Thad Kingston Jenks , Harrison, Bettis, Staff, McFarland & Weems, LLP, Houston, Travis R. Wimberly , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Austin, for Relator Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC.

Before us once again is the Texas-resident exception to the forum-non-conveniens statute. We consider whether the exception — which allows a plaintiff residing in Texas to maintain a lawsuit here even when the suit would otherwise be subject to dismissal for forum non conveniens —...

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