Opinion ID: 894827
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Heading: jurisdiction

Text: As a threshold matter, the Druggs contend we do not have jurisdiction over Moki Mac's interlocutory appeal in this case. Generally, a court of appeals' decision in an interlocutory appeal is final. TEX. GOV'T CODE § 22.225(b)(3). When, however, the court of appeals holds differently from a prior decision of another court of appeals, this Court, or the United States Supreme Court, we have jurisdiction to resolve the disagreement or conflict. TEX. GOV'T CODE §§ 22.001(a)(1), (2) and 22.225(c); Henry Schein, Inc. v. Stromboe, 102 S.W.3d 675 (Tex.2002). Moki Mac contends the court of appeals' decision in this case conflicts, inter alia, with Laykin v. McFall, 830 S.W.2d 266 (Tex.App.-Amarillo 1992, orig. proceeding). There, the court of appeals held that a Texas court could not assert jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant in a suit by a Texas resident alleging fraud and conversion because the focal point of the allegedly tortious activity and the plaintiff's damages did not lie in Texas. Id. at 270. In this case, in contrast, the court of appeals held that the Texas court could assert jurisdiction without regard to the likely focus of the parties' efforts in the underlying lawsuit. 2004 WL 100389, at . We have jurisdiction to resolve the conflict in this interlocutory appeal. TEX. GOV'T CODE § 22.001(a)(2).