Cotulla, TX Personal Injury Law Firms & Lawyers

As a potential Plaintiff,  u need to prove that the cause of the fall was due to the Dental Office's negligence. If it was your fault, you cant collect. If it was something that you tripped or slipped on, their premises liability policy would cover the accident. But if the reason was due to being drowsy due to drugs the dentist administered to you, then that would implicate their malpractice policy. Long story short, you need to discuss the facts of this incident in confidence with counsel to determine if you even have a case

Texas law permits a surviving child to recover damages for pecuniary loss, meaning loss of care, maintenance, support, services, advice, counsel and reasonable contributions of a pecuniary value; loss of companionship and society; and mental anguish. It is unlikely that the trucking company will attempt to settle the claim with you for fair value unless you are represented by counsel. There is a two year statute of limitations on wrongful death claims under Texas law.

Unless there is more to the facts that are not in the question posted, the difficulty will be in paying damages since Texas is a community property state. See your lawyer to discuss as this may be best dealt with in the divorce by partition by the divorce court.