Zamarron v. Shinko Wire Company, Ltd.

OPINION

J. HARVEY HUDSON, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal, Maria C. Zamarron, Individually, as Guardian of the Estate of Juan Francisco Zamarron, an Incapacitated Person, and as next friend for Sonia Janeth Zamarron, a Minor (collectively, “the Zamarrons”), and Anton & Carroll, Inc., doing business as Inland Machine, appeal the trial court’s order granting Shinko Wire Company, Ltd.’s (“Shinko Japan”) special appearance. We affirm.

I. Background

On January 13, 1999, Juan Francisco Zamarron was operating a wire drawing machine, designated as “D-103,” on the premises of American Spring Wire…