In re Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc. Appeal from 125th District Court of Harris County (memorandum opinion per curiam)

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Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed October 22, 2015. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-15-00697-CV IN RE HITACHI MEDICAL SYSTEMS AMERICA, INC., Relator ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF MANDAMUS 125th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2015-15074 MEMORANDUM OPINION On August 18, 2015, relator Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc. filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221 (West 2004); see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this court to compel the Honorable Kyle Carter, presiding judge of the 125th District Court of Harris County, to set aside his order denying relator’s motion to dismiss based on a forum-selection clause that relator asserts requires this suit to be filed in Ohio. Mandamus is an extraordinary remedy that will issue only if (1) the trial court clearly abused its discretion and (2) the party requesting mandamus relief has no adequate remedy by appeal. In re Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 148 S.W.3d 124, 135–36 (Tex. 2004). On this record, relator has not shown that the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion to dismiss. Accordingly, we deny relator’s petition for writ of mandamus. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Frost and Justices Christopher and Donovan. 2

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