Legal Opinion
Hall v. Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided October 6, 1982No. C-243PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
WALLACE, Justice.
Our opinion of February 24,1982, is withdrawn and this opinion is substituted therefor.
Elizabeth Hall and the other plaintiffs in the trial court (Hall) are the survivors of four citizens of the United States killed in a helicopter crash in Peru while working in that country constructing a pipeline. Hall sued Helicol, the owner and operator of the helicopter which crashed, in Harris County, Texas, in four separate causes of action. *871Helicol entered a special appearance in each of the actions, to contest the jurisdiction of the Texas court pursuant to…
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