Edinburg Tv Azteca, Sab De Cv, Patrici
NUMBER 13-12-00536-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG TV AZTECA, S.A.B. DE C.V., PATRICIA CHAPOY, AND PUBLIXMAN, S.A. DE C.V., Appellants, v. GLORIA DE LOS ANGELES TREVINO RUIZ, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILD, ANGEL GABRIEL DE JESUS TREVINO, AND ARMANDO ISMAEL GOMEZ MARTINEZ, Appellees. On appeal from the 139th District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas. MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Benavides and Longoria Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Valdez Appellants, TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V., Patricia Chapoy, and Publimax, S.A. de C.V. (the “Media Defendants”), complain in this accelerated interlocutory appeal that the trial court erred in denying their special appearance in a suit brought by appellees, Gloria de los Angeles Trevino Ruiz (aka “Gloria Trevi”), individually and on behalf of her minor child, Gabriel de Jesus Trevino, and Armando Ismael Gomez Martinez (the “Trevi Parties”). See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014(a)(7) (West 2008); TEX. R. APP. P. 28.1. Appellants contend by five issues, that the trial court erred by: (1) denying their special appearance; (2) finding that it had specific jurisdiction over the Media Defendants; (3) finding that it had general jurisdiction over the Media Defendants; (4) finding that exercising personal jurisdiction over the Media Defendants would not offend traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice; and (5) overruling the appellants’ objections to the affidavit testimony of Francisco Peña1, the affidavit and deposition testimony of Patti Sunday, the deposition testimony of Othon Frias Calderon, and the deposition testimony of Vicente Diaz.
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