Grupo TMM, S.A.B. v. Perez

OPINION

KEM THOMPSON FROST, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s denial of the special appearances of three Mexican companies. Because we conclude that the trial court did not have personal jurisdiction over these parties, we reverse the trial court’s judgment and remand with instructions to dismiss this suit for lack of personal jurisdiction.'

Background

In August 2006, Xóchitl Carolina Castillo de Perez and Xóchitl Yvette Perez, both United States residents, were killed in an accident involving an eighteen-wheel tractor-trailer in Mexico. The tractor portion of the…