Legal Opinion
Carlson Manufacturing, Inc. v. Smith
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided November 3, 2005No. 09-05-170 CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEVE McKEITHEN, Chief Justice.
This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a special appearance. See Tex. Civ. PRAc. & Rem.Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(7) (Vernon Supp.2005). Allegedly injured in a fall when the seat broke on his tree-mounted deer stand, Charles Shane Smith filed a products liability action against a number of defendants alleged to have placed the deer stand into the stream of commerce. Buckfinder Hunting Products, Inc. (“Buckfinder”) submitted to the jurisdiction of the trial court, but Carlson Manufacturing, Inc. (“Carlson”) filed a special appearance. 1 See Tex.R.…
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