Legal Opinion
Exxon Corp. v. Choo
Texas Supreme Court
Decided September 8, 1994No. D-1693PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
On APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF ERROR TO THE Court of Appeals for the Fourteenth DistriCt of Texas
2Opinion of the Court · HightowerJustice Hightower
in which all Justices join.
We grant Respondents’ motion for rehearing, withdraw our prior opinions and judgment, and substitute the following in its place.
Leong Chong, a Singapore resident employed in Singapore, was killed while working on board a berthed tanker. Chong’s widow, Chick Kam Choo, 1 sued Exxon Corporation and others in Texas state district court. Exxon Corporation and Esso Tankers, Inc. filed a motion to dismiss based upon the federal maritime law doctrine of forum non conveniens. 2 The…
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