Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 139.002 – Scope of Chapter
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Terms Used In Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 139.002
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
This chapter applies only to a suit on a claim for damages arising from personal injury:
(1) to an incapacitated person; or
(2) in which the personal injury has resulted in the substantial disablement of the injured person.