Jackson v. S.P. Leasing Corp.

BLEIL, Justice.

Jackson, a Honduran seaman, appeals an adverse summary judgment. He sued to recover damages under 46 U.S.C.A.App. § 688(b) (West Supp.1988), the Jones Act, for injuries sustained while employed by a Panamanian corporation aboard an American-owned tugboat working in Mexican territorial waters. Jackson contends that the trial court erred in granting S.P. Leasing’s motion for summary judgment for these reasons: (1) the Jones Act is unconstitutional; (2) the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code allows an action for personal injury sustained in a foreign country to be litigated in…