Legal Opinion
Hotel Partners v. KPMG Peat Marwick
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided January 25, 1993No. 05-92-00376-CVPublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BAKER, Justice.
Hotel Partners, Americana Ocho Rios Corporation, and Americana Eden II Corporation filed suit in Texas against KPMG Peat Marwick, Jamaica (KPMG Jamaica), for accounting malpractice. 1 KPMG Jamaica filed a special appearance. The trial court sustained KPMG Jamaica’s objection to in personam jurisdiction. The trial court dismissed KPMG Jamaica from the suit. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.
BACKGROUND
Americana Ocho Rios Corporation and Americana Eden II Corporation formed Hotel Partners to lease the Eden II luxury resort from the Jamaican government. Hotel Partners’…
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