Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corp. v. Lamb

OPINION

HEDGES, Chief Justice.

This interlocutory appeal contests the denial of a special appearance filed by appellant, Pulmosan Safety Equipment Co. (“Pulmosan”), in multi-district silica litigation. Pulmosan sought its dismissal from the litigation based on lack of personal jurisdiction. . Although declining to exercise general jurisdiction over Pulmosan, the trial court found that it could exercise specific jurisdiction. We affirm.

I. Background

Appellee, William Lamb (“Lamb”), is a Texas resident who, over the course of his forty-year career, worked as a painter, insulator, and sandblaster…