Ace Insurance Co. v. Zurich American Insurance Co.

OPINION

SAM NUCHIA, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal of an order denying appellant’s special appearance in a suit for breach of contract brought by a Swiss insurance company and its American subsidiary against a Belgian insurance company. We affirm.

JURISDICTION

Appellant’s notice of appeal was due on January 24, 2001, 20 days after the order denying the special appearance was signed. See Tex.R.App. P. 26.1(b). The notice of appeal was filed six days late. We construe appellant’s notice of appeal within the 15-day period allowed under rule 26.3 to imply a motion for an extension of time.…