Moki Mac River Expeditions v. Drugg

in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice HECHT, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice BRISTER, Justice GREEN, and Justice WILLETT joined.

A Texas court may assert specific jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant if *573the defendant’s contact with this state is purposeful and the injury arises from or relates to those contacts. In this wrongful-death case against a Utah-based river-rafting outfitter, the defendant contends the plaintiffs death on a Grand Canyon hiking trail did not arise from or relate to its instate commercial activities so as to establish specific jurisdiction over it in Texas. We…