By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Kathryn “Chris” Palamountain

A recent Texas Court of Appeals case involving claims of human trafficking of workers recruited in the Philippines and brought to work in Texas provides insight into how principles of international comity may be applied in Texas state courts in the class action context. This ruling – Villareal v. International Plant
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