Semperit Technische Produkte Gesellschaft M.B.H. v. Hennessy ex rel. Smithers

OPINION

ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Chief Justice

In Spir Star AG v. Kimich1 the Texas Supreme Court upheld the exercise of jurisdiction over a German hose manufacturer which had sold one of its hoses to a wholly owned Texas subsidiary, who in turn sold it to a Texas end user, where it was alleged to have failed and caused injury. In this case, we are presented with a similar fact pattern, but for the hose first being sold to a wholly owned New Jersey subsidiary, who then sold it to an Oklahoma distributor, who then resold it into the State of Texas. On the facts of this case, we find these…