Kawasaki Steel Corp. v. Middleton

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• recognizing that Rule 120a is a limited exception to general Texas rule that appearance for any purpose subjects defendant to court's jurisdiction
• holding that specific jurisdiction was proper under a stream-of-commerce theory where the foreign manufacturer, among other things, provided “after-sales service” to its customers
• recognizing that rule 120a is a limited exception to the general Texas rule that appearance for any purpose subjects the defendant to the court's jurisdiction
• holding that curable defect in service of process does not defeat defendant’s amenability to court’s process and serves only to provide defendant with more time to answer
• holding that curable defect in service of process does not defeat defendant’s amenability to court’s process and serves only to provide defendant with more time to answer
• stating that for a court to have personal jurisdiction over a defendant, the plaintiff must evoke that jurisdiction by valid service of process on defendant

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