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What Does It Mean To Be Non Conveniens Case?
Before JOLLY, JONES and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.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.
In this forum non conveniens case, we first consider whether the cap imposed by Mexican law on the recovery of tort damages renders Mexico an inadequate forum for resolving a tort suit by a Mexican citizen against an American manufacturer

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