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JONES v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORP.

No. 04-98-00983-CV.

995 S.W.2d 767 (1999)

Ivan JONES, et al., Appellants, v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

May 26, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Scott, Martha Sue Dodson, Tinsman & Houser, Inc., San Antonio, James P. Collins, O'Reilly, Collins & Danko, Menlo Park, CA, Gary L. Simms, Law Office of Gary L. Simms, Ashland, OR, for appellants.

Richard H. Caldwell, Mayor, Day, Caldwell & Keeton, L.L.P., Houston, for appellee.

Sitting: PHIL HARDBERGER, Chief Justice, TOM RICKHOFF, Justice, KAREN ANGELINI, Justice.

Opinion by: TOM RICKHOFF, Justice.

This accelerated appeal was generated by the trial court's order sustaining a special appearance by Beech Aircraft Corporation, a Kansas aircraft manufacturer. The underlying wrongful death action, alleging product defect and negligence claims, resulted from an airplane crash in New Zealand that killed six people. Their survivors are all foreign nationals. In resolving the jurisdictional issue before us, we confront competing extremes...

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