89th Legislature, Regular Session
HB 823
Relating to the recovery of exemplary damages based on a compensable death under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.
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89R695 RDS-F By: Thompson H.B. No. 823 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the recovery of exemplary damages based on a compensable death under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Christion Fitzgerald Act. SECTION 2. Section 408.001(b), Labor Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) This section does not prohibit the recovery of exemplary damages by the surviving spouse, children, or parents of, or the