Corpus Christi is the refinery and petrochemical center of the Coastal Bend — the Nueces Bay plants and the port — where refinery and maritime work reportedly carried sustained asbestos exposure.

Every Texas asbestos case follows the same path: it is filed in the county of proper venue, transferred to the statewide Texas Asbestos MDL pretrial court (the 281st District Court in Harris County) for pretrial proceedings, and then remanded to the county for trial. Texas allows two years from a mesothelioma or asbestos-cancer diagnosis to file (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003).