Ford Motor Co. v. Miles

HANKINSON, Justice, joined by ENOCH, SPECTOR and BAKER, Justices, dissenting.

I respectfully dissent from the Court’s opinion on the threshold and dispositive issue of venue.

The Court begins by citing the correct standard of review for venue determinations, but then fails to apply it properly. A reviewing court must defer to the trial court’s venue determination if any probative evidence supports the trial court’s venue ruling, even if the preponderance of the evidence is to the contrary. See Ruiz v. Conoco, Inc., 868 S.W.2d 752, 758 (Tex.1993). Ruiz, expounding on the seminal case of Milligan…