{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-71.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 71.021","heading":"SURVIVAL OF CAUSE OF ACTION.","body":"(a) A cause of action for personal injury to the health, reputation, or person of an injured person does not abate because of the death of the injured person or because of the death of a person liable for the injury.\n(b) A personal injury action survives to and in favor of the heirs, legal representatives, and estate of the injured person. The action survives against the liable person and the person's legal representatives.\n(c) The suit may be instituted and prosecuted as if the liable person were alive.\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 B. SURVIVAL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.71.htm#71.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"0fa39b4741ca489b35c8cdb653ed41c917051d9e6c6dbd6aca8a969bca4b8619","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-71.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-71.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}