Tullis v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.

OPINION

GARDNER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal is from an order dismissing a personal injury suit under the Texas forum non conveniens statute and the Texas borrowing statute. Presenting five issues, Appellant Christine Hazel Tullís contends the trial court abused its discretion in dismissing her suit against Appellee Georgia-Pacific Corporation. Tullís contends that: (1) Georgia-Pacific failed to establish Tullis’s status as a non-resident of Texas, which is necessary to invoke either the forum non conveniens statute or to apply the Tennessee one-year statute of limitations pursuant to…