{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-71.010","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 71.010","heading":"AWARD AND APPORTIONMENT OF DAMAGES.","body":"(a) The jury may award damages in an amount proportionate to the injury resulting from the death.\n(b) The damages awarded shall be divided, in shares as found by the jury in its verdict, among the individuals who are entitled to recover and who are alive at that time.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 4. LIABILITY IN TORT","CHAPTER 71. WRONGFUL DEATH; SURVIVAL; INJURIES OCCURRING OUT OF STATE","SUBCHAPTER A. WRONGFUL DEATH"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.71.htm#71.010","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"d139b6dfee29e22c1d06a22cf43fcdb1bf61c127043c7363c47326587296277e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-71.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-71.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}