This Way to Terminal D

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, by any measure one of the world’s largest airports, sprawls into the boundaries of four cities and two counties. But that undisputed fact does not automatically establish venue over American Airlines in Dallas County, as shown by American Airlines v. Halkuff:

American offered evidence that the facts giving rise to appellees’ claims arose in Tarrant County because the terminal where the incident took place is—like all DFW terminals—located in Tarrant County. American’s undisputed evidence included specific identification of Terminal D and Gate D-38 as the location where the flight at issue boarded. According to American’s evidence, Terminal D and its associated runways are located entirely in Tarrant County. This evidence not only disproved appellees’ venue fact, it also amounted to evidence that Tarrant County was a proper venue.

No. 05-23-00621-CV (Oct. 18, 2023) (mem. op.).