A state senator and representative have filed identical bills that would change definitions and give judges more leeway when deciding whether to dismiss a plaintiff’s death or injury lawsuit because it would be better in an out-of-state court.
Senate Bill 1942 and House Bill 1692 both address the 2014 Texas Supreme Court opinion in In Re Ford Motor Co., which required the high court to define “plaintiff” under the state’s forum non conveniens statute. In that case, a Mexican national died in a car accident in Mexico. His wrongful death beneficiaries sued Ford Motor Co. in a Texas court. The company argued that they weren’t plaintiffs under forum non conveniens but the high court disagreed, noting that it relied on a Texas-resident exception in the law.
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