United States Fifth Circuit

A cap on recovery of tort damages under Mexico law does not render Mexico an inadequate forum for a tort suit by a Mexican citizen against an American manufacturer and designer of an air bag, and private and public interest factors support choice of Mexico as appropriate forum.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/20/2002
• Published 08/20/2002

Judges

• E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, JONES and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John Escamilla (argued), Rodriguez, Tovar, Calvillo & Garcia, McAllen, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., David C. Duggins (argued), Trek C. Doyle, Clark, Thomas & Winters, Austin, TX, for Chrysler Corp., David Richard Tippetts, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Houston, TX, for TRW Inc. and TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc., Keith Neill Uhles, Ewing Edben Sikes, III, Jon Daniel Brooks, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Brownsville, TX, for Morton Intern., Inc.