Alenia Spazio, S.P.A. v. Reid

MAJORITY OPINION

KEM THOMPSON FROST, Justice.

Appellants Alenia Spazio, S.p.A. and Finmeccanica, S.p.A. (collectively, the “Italian Companies”) bring this interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s order denying their special appearances in a lawsuit filed by appellee Dennis A. Reid (“Reid”). We reverse the trial court’s order and remand with instructions to dismiss the claims against the Italian Companies for lack of personal jurisdiction.

I. Factual and PROCEDURAL Background

Reid, a Canadian citizen, brought the underlying suit asserting a host of derivative claims against several defendants,…