Undefeated Texas Wrongful Death Lawyers

Houston Wrongful Death Lawyers with the Largest Wins in History

Our Undefeated Texas Wrongful Death Lawyers have won billions and repeatedly recovered the largest wrongful death verdicts and settlements in history for family members of wrongful death victims across Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and the United States.

While nothing makes up for the loss of a loved one, a wrongful death lawsuit is the only way to ensure that the negligent parties are held accountable, that others aren’t killed from the same dangerous conduct in the future, and that you and your family have the financial resources to care and provide for yourselves (and each other) in your loved one’s absence.

We Ensure That Our Clients Are Able to Provide for Themselves and their Families for the Rest of Their Lives

Every wrongful death case is unique, but our goals are always the same:

1. Hold the negligent and reckless parties fully accountable

2. Provide our clients and their families with the financial resources to care and provide for themselves for the rest of their lives

3. Prevent the dangerous conduct from occurring again in the future

Not only do we consistently achieve these goals, but we also set records for our clients while doing so.

Billions Won and the #1 Largest Wrongful Death Recoveries in TX

In the past 5 years alone, our Houston Wrongful Death Lawyers have:

• won Billions for families whose loved ones were tragically killed in oilfield, plant and refinery explosions, truck accidents, and the most catastrophic workplace accidents in history, and
• consistently recovered the #1 Largest Verdicts and Settlements in Texas for wrongful death victims, including—most recently—the #1 Largest Accident Settlement in Texas on behalf of a client whose wife was tragically killed in a head-on collision with a commercial truck.

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What is a Wrongful Death Lawsuit?

Wrongful death lawsuits allow surviving family members to hold the negligent defendants legally responsible and financially accountable by providing the decedent’s family and estate with the financial resources to care for themselves and their family members in their loved one’s absence.

Who can File a Wrongful Death Lawsuit and What is the Deadline for Filing it?

In most states, like Texas, the surviving spouse, children, and parents are permitted to file wrongful death claims on behalf of a deceased family member.

If the decedent didn’t have children or wasn’t married at the time of death, the wrongful death lawsuit can be filed by the decedent’s parents or by the estate itself, through the Executor or Administrator.

If you don’t have an estate created, which is required to pursue and recover survival or “pre-death” damages, our team of probate lawyers will create the estate and, if you agree, seek to have you appointed as the “administrator” of the estate.

What Damages are Available in Wrongful Death Cases?

When a spouse, parent, or other family member is tragically killed, the decedent’s family is left with unbearable grief and, often times, piling expenses with little or no income to pay them.  This is especially true when the decedent was the household’s primary wage earner, and his or her salary was used to pay the mortgage, car notes, health insurance premiums, groceries, tuition bills, and other living expenses.

A monetary recovery may seem inconsequential and of little consolation, but, unfortunately, the bills continue even in your loved one’s absence and can add tremendous stress to what’s already the most difficult time of your life.

A wrongful death suit is the only way families can hold at-fault parties accountable for their loved one’s death and ensure that they’re able to move forward, financially, in their loved one’s absence.

Under Texas law, families of wrongful death victims are entitled to recover “economic” and “non economic” damages, which include the following:

• Loss of past and future income (economic)
• Loss of past and future household services and assistance (economic)
• Loss of society, companionship, and consortium (non-economic)
• Loss of inheritance (economic)
• Mental anguish and emotional distress suffered by family members (non-economic)
• Pre-death pain and suffering (non-economic)

Punitive Damages are often Available to Punish the Negligent Parties

In cases involving “grossly” negligent conduct, the family is also entitled to recover punitive damages, which are designed to punish the wrongdoer and prevent them from putting others at harm with the same dangerous conduct in the future.

While most lawyers have and will never recover them, our wrongful death lawyers have consistently recovered punitive damages in EVERY major case we’ve taken to trial.

What is a Survival Claim and How is it Different from a Wrongful Death Claim?

The purpose of a wrongful death lawsuit is to hold the negligent person or company accountable, prevent the same dangerous conduct from injuring or killing others in the future, and to compensate the surviving family members for the emotional suffering and financial losses they’ve experienced as a result of their loved one’s death.

A survival action, on the other hand, is different.

Survival claims are filed by the surviving family members to recover damages for any pain and suffering the DECEDENT suffered in the minutes, hours, or days leading up to his or her death.

These pre-death suffering damages are designed to compensate for the decedent’s pain, fear, and suffering experienced in the last minutes of life.

Survival Damages Belong to the Estate and are Divided Between Living Family Members

Unlike the damages in a wrongful death case, the damages recovered through a survival claim belong exclusively to the decedent’s estate and are divided up among living family members.

When there is evidence that the decedent suffered and experienced pain before they passed away, our lawyers will always file a wrongful death AND survival claim to ensure that the surviving family members receive the absolute maximum compensation available for their losses and the decedent’s pre-death suffering.

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With Billions Won and the #1 Largest Verdicts and Settlements in History, our Wrongful Death Attorneys have consistently proven that we don’t just win for families of wrongful death victims – We Set Records.

If your loved one was tragically killed due to someone else’s recklessness, carelessness, or negligence, call our Undefeated Houston Wrongful Death Lawyers at 1-888-603-3636, use the chat form on our website, or send us a confidential email through our Contact Form by clicking here.

Our Undefeated Wrongful Death Lawyers will answer your questions, explain all of your rights and options, and provide you with the information you need to decide what’s best for you and your family.

All consultations are free, and you won’t pay us a dime unless we win your case.

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