Accidental Death and Injury in Texas Law
Many state and federal laws are designed to protect workers. Injuries on the job can have serious consequences, causing employees to miss work and incur high medical costs.
Defective products or negligence can be the cause of many workplace injuries. Even if you are covered by workers compensation, you may still be entitled to legal damages.
Around 6,000 children are killed by accidents every year. It is not possible to compensate parents for the death of their child, but it is sometimes possible to recover from the court for emotional and financial losses.
Texas allows for two types of legal action when someone is wrongfully murdered. The first type of action is called a wrongful-death action and the second, a survival action.
When a person dies because of negligence or liability, it is a wrongful death. The Texas wrongful-death statute, originally codified in 1861, provides the exclusive remedy in Texas for wrongful deaths. It compensates the spouse, parents or children of the deceased for any losses they may have suffered as a result.
Survival actions are separate from wrongful death actions. They arise when an individual is responsible for damages if they caused an injury to another person's death through their wrongful acts, negligence, carelessness, unskillfulness, or default. The individual would have had the right to sue for that injury if they were still alive.
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The law is in a constant state of change. Some of this information may be inaccurate
or incomplete and should not be relied upon without the advice of legal counsel.
| Alcohol Related (Accident) in Texas Law |
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Civil Practice and Remedies | Intoxicat+injury* | pertaining to organizational liability for transportation services provided to welfare recipients |
Government Code | Alcohol+operat+vehicle* | pertaining to records, reports and information systems |
Health & Safety Code | Alcohol+operat+vehicle* | pertaining to payments of contract amounts for services provided under contract |
Occupation Code | Alcohol+operat+vehicle* | pertaining to operation of truck and delivery vehicles in the wholesale distribution of alcohol beverages |
Penal Code | Alcohol+operat+vehicle* | pertaining to driving while intoxicated, enhanced offenses and penalties |
Penal Code | Intoxicat+injury* | pertaining to intoxication assault, operating an aircraft, watercraft were amusement ride while intoxicated, assembling a mobile amusement ride while intoxicated |
Transportation Code | Alcohol+operat+vehicle* | pertaining to definition of ignition interlock device, disqualification, officers duties for drivers license suspension, determination for drivers license suspension, hearing, exemptions, regulation of contract carriers of passengers, information provided by officer before requesting specimen |
Transportation Code | Intoxicat+injury* | pertaining to fleeing or attempting to elude police officer |
Alcoholic Beverage Code | Alcohol+operat+vehicle* | pertaining to driving or operating watercraft under the influence of alcohol by a minor |
Criminal Procedure | Alcohol+operat+vehicle* | pertaining to community supervision |
Education Code | Alcohol+operat+vehicle* | pertaining to alcohol awareness information |
Family Code | Alcohol+operat+vehicle* | pertaining to release or delivery of child to court |
Family Code | Driving+intoxicat* | pertaining to hearing, determination of at risk child |
Government Code | Driving+intoxicat* | pertaining to toll-free number, limitation of liability, driving while intoxicated or under the influence of narcotic drugs |
