Laykin v. McFall

I find Sol W. Laykin (Sol) is amenable to the jurisdiction of the Texas courts under Tex.Civ.Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 17.042(2) (Vernon 1986), and I further find the exercise of this jurisdiction to be consistent with due process under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Therefore, I must respectfully dissent.

Under the general Texas long-arm statute, section 17.042, Jane Livermore (Jane) *272had the initial burden of making a prima facie case by pleading sufficient allegations to bring Sol within the provisions of the statute. McKanna v. Edgar, 388 S.W.2d 927 (Tex.1965). Jane…