Michel v. Rocket Engineering Corp.

OPINION

GARDNER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The question presented is whether a Texas court may exercise personal jurisdiction over non-resident defendants consistent with due process, where the claims asserted are for wrongful death of a California resident resulting from a crash of an aircraft in California that was allegedly caused by defective modification of the aircraft in Washington. Appellants, the surviving widow and minor children of Don Michel (“Decedent”), are also residents of California. Appellants filed suit in Denton County, Texas, naming four defendants.

This appeal is from an…