· 8/6/1998
Primera Vista S.P.R. De R.L. v. Banca Serfin S.A. Institucion De Banca Multiple Grupo Financiero Serfin
Citations
- 974 S.W.2d 918
- 1998 Tex. App. LEXIS 4811
- 1998 WL 452217
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- holding nonresident defendants single previous collection suit in Texas insufficient to establish general jurisdiction
- finding no general jurisdiction when nonresident's Texas bank accounts were accommodation to clients' business interests and not its own
- “Voluntarily filing a lawsuit in a jurisdiction is a purposeful availment of the jurisdiction's facilities and can subject a party to personal jurisdiction in another lawsuit when the lawsuits arise from the same general transaction.”
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Judges: Larsen, McClure, Chew
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