The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex built its industry on manufacturing, aircraft and defense work, and the utilities and process plants that served a fast-growing metropolis — operations that reportedly used asbestos-containing materials well into the 1980s.
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).