in Re Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Llc

Before us once again is the Texas-resident exception to the forum-non-conve-niens statute. We consider whether the exception — which allows a plaintiff residing in Texas to maintain a lawsuit here even when the suit would otherwise be subject to dismissal for forum non conve-niens — applies in a case in which two nonresident minors sue by a next friend who is a Texas resident. The minors themselves reside in Mexico with their grandparents, who are the minors’ legal guardians under Mexican law. We hold that the Texas-resident exception does not apply and that the trial court abused its…