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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Foster Home (Family) in Texas Law

Alcoholic Beverage Code

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pertaining to sales near daycare center or child care facility

Criminal Procedure

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pertaining to duties of peace officers, reports and records, definition of institution

Family Code

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pertaining to general standing to file suit, adoption assistance program, possession and delivery of missing child, service plan, notification, placement review, money earned by child,foster care payments, contracts for substitute care and case management services, eligibility for foster care payments and permanency care assistance, definition of designated caregiver

Government Code

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pertaining to definition of institution, search for parent or guardian of a child, reimbursement for uncompensated healthcare costs

Health & Safety Code

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pertaining to contents of disclosure statement, third-party management, exemptions, department responsibilities, definition of independent living environment, definition of health facility

Human Resource Code

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pertaining to definition of dependent child, counseling and guidance services, required license, rules and standards, definition of child placing agency, definition of residential child care facility, minimum training standards, inspections, notification of family violence calls, required actions after notice of family violence call, records, database of foster homes, information provided to department of public safety, foster parent rights and responsibilities, public notice and hearing, residential child care, agency foster homes, agency foster group homes, required information for verification, transfer of agency foster home, fees, required background and criminal history checks, criminal penalties, information relating to family violence reports

Human Resource Code

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pertaining to reporting of incidents and violations, use of existing institutions and agencies, re-examination, parole management, on-site surveys, investigation database

Local Government Code

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pertaining to definition of correctional or rehabilitation facility

Penal Code

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pertaining to harboring runaway child

Probate Code

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pertaining to reports of guardians of the person, bond requirement for trustees

   

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