Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 78.052 – Applicability of Subchapter: Marine Fire Emergency
Terms Used In Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 78.052
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
This subchapter applies only to damages for personal injury, death, or property damage arising from an error or omission of:
(1) a nonprofit fire department providing services to respond to marine fire emergencies under contract to a governmental unit, if the error or omission occurs in responding to a marine fire emergency:
(A) on the navigable waters of this state;
(B) in any place into which a vessel enters or from which a vessel departs the waterway leading to that place from the Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway;
(C) on property owned or under the control of the governmental unit; or
(D) at the request of the governmental unit in the interest of public safety; or
(2) a fire fighter providing services described by Subdivision (1).