Peredo v. M. Holland Co.

OPINION

JOHN S. ANDERSON, Justice.

A Mexican corporation brought suit in Harris County against a vendor and two of the vendors’ Texas employees. The vendor counterclaimed against the Mexican corporation’s president, who resides in California, and the trial court denied the nonresident counterdefendant’s special appearance. Because the evidence does not support the trial court’s exercise of personal jurisdiction over the nonresident, we reverse and remand.

I. Factual and ProceduRal Background

Since approximately 2005, Grupo Cua-dro, S.A. de C.V. (“Cuadro”), a Mexican corporation that manufactures…