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.
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Business Corporation Act | Accident+motor+vehicle | pertaining to crime victim information, solicitation, prohibition |
Business Corporation Act | Accident+motor+vehicle | pertaining to crime victim information, solicitation, prohibition |
Civil Practice and Remedies | Collision+motor+vehicle | pertaining to texas transportation commision, collisions while operating motor vehciles |
Civil Practice and Remedies | Accident+motor+vehicle | pertaining to texas transporation commission, limited liability, motor vehicle accident collision |
Civil Practice and Remedies | Accident+motor+vehicle | pertaining to limited liability |
Criminal Procedure | Accident+motor+vehicle | pertaining to towing, storage, autopsy |
Insurance Code | Accident+motor+vehicle | pertaining to underinsured motor vehicle, venue, fault, collateral, benefits, subrogation |
Insurance Code (not codified) | Accident+motor+vehicle | pertaining to policy forms and endorsements |
Occupation Code | Accident+motor+vehicle | pertaining to tow rotation lists |
Property Code | Accident+motor+vehicle | pertaining to liens |
Transportation Code | +accident+motor+vehicle | pertaining to disclosure of accident information, driving while license in valid, conviction, racing on the highway, recording devices, investigation by peace officers, accident report, cancellation, return, or waiver of evidence of financial responsibility, nonresident certificate, responsive insurance company, policy not in effect, determination of probability of liability, relief from suspension, motor vehicle and that he insurance, common-law defenses, taking of specimen, testing and inspection of motor vehicles |
Vernons Civil Statutes | Accident+motor+vehicle | pertaining to records |
