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
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Agriculture Code | Bus | pertaining to protection of carrier from damages | Education Code | Bus | pertaining to criminal history records of school bus drivers, who bus emergency evacuation training, bus seat belts policy, reporting of bus accidents | Education Code | Bus | pertaining to definition of professional employee of a school district, immunity | Finance Code | Bus | pertaining to definition of motor vehicle, loans and finance transactions | Government Code | Bus | pertaining to court costs on conviction, passing a school bus, limitation of liability, exceptions, authority for parking and transportation facilities, wheelbase and horsepower restrictions, definition of eligible project | Health & Safety Code | Bus | pertaining toilet facilities in bus stations | Human Resource Code | Bus | pertaining to definition of public facilities, discrimination prohibited | Insurance Code | Bus | pertaining to job protection insurance defined, bail bond certificates, bus association | Local Government Code | Bus | pertaining to bus drivers, contracts for civil works projects, definition of system, specific powers relating to assessments, improvement projects, regulation of transit authority passengers | Occupation Code | Bus | pertaining to manufacturer or distributor ownership, operation or control of dealership | Penal Code | Bus | pertaining to smoking tobacco, possession of alcoholic beverage in motor vehicle | Special Districts Code | Bus | pertaining to specific powers relating to improvement projects or services, optional transfer for certain improvements | Tax Code | Bus | pertaining to exempts vehicles, costs associated with transportation for transit projects | Transportation Code | Bus | pertaining to motor bus lines, passenger car minutes for bus private bus, passing a school bus, operation of school bus, school bus equipment standards, passenger safety prohibitions on motor vehicle other than bus | Transportation Code | Bus | pertaining to carriers exempt from gross receipts taxes, immiscible permission for ground transportation, motor bus lines, hydrogen fueled vehicles and refueling stations,definition of high occupancy vehicle, definition of facility, state funding a farm to market roads, permitted improvements or facilities on immiscible street, driving on certain authority right-of-way, operation of public transportation system, definition of advanced transportation, encumbrance of transportation system, operation of local public passenger transportation and rule transit district prohibited, duties of interim executive committee, definition of public transportation provider, definition of public transportation services, passenger car, municipal bus, private bus, fees, vehicles that weigh 6000 pounds or less, commercial motor vehicle or truck tractor, vehicles that weigh more than 6000 pounds, foreign commercial vehicles, permits, issuance of disabled license plates, municipal and private buses, restrictions on the operators of school buses | Transportation Code | Bus | pertaining to junior-college buses, class b. license, endorsements, definition of multifunction school activity bus, passing a school bus, buses to stop at all railroad grade crossings, speed limits, coasting, safety belts, use of wireless communication device, operation of school bus, school bus a quick but standards, restrictions on use of lights, additional lighting equipment requirements | Transportation Code | Bus | pertaining to brake reservoir or reserve capacity required, brake warning devices required, performance requirements for breaks, visible warning devices required, display of hazard lamps, fire extinguisher, safety glazing material required, additional equipment requirements for school buses and other buses used to transport school children, additional equipment requirements for other buses, requirements for multifunction school activity buses, rules relating to school buses, section only by state certified and supervised inspection station, commercial motor vehicle inspection program, maximum width, maximum length, trolley bus, passenger safety provisions on motor vehicle other than bus, issuance of disabled parking placards to certain institutions, definition of commercial motor vehicle, definition of bus |
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