LG CHEM AMERICA, INC. v. MORGAN

No. 21-0994.

670 S.W.3d 341 (2023)

LG CHEM AMERICA, INC. and LG Chem, Ltd., Petitioners, v. Tommy MORGAN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: May 19, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean Higgins , Houston, for Petitioners.

Deepak Gupta , Jennifer D. Bennett , Angela J. Nehmens , Neil Sawhney , Craig Eiland , Galveston, Jonathan E. Taylor , for Respondent.

Atty. Gen. W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Brent Webster , Houston, Judd E. Stone II , Justin Manchester , Lanora Pettit , for Other interested party.


This is a products-liability case in which two nonresident defendants contest personal jurisdiction. The plaintiff bought a lithium-ion battery at a store in Texas and was injured when he used it to charge his e-cigarette. The defendants do not dispute they sold and distributed the same batteries...

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