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Workplace settlements
in Texas.

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Texas applies modified-51 comparative fault with a hard $250,000 cap on medical-malpractice non-economic damages per defendant ($500,000 aggregate). For workplace claims specifically, the band is built from the state-by-state tort law · jury verdict reporters · statutory caps framework and then adjusted for Texas's modified comparative — 51% bar and any applicable statutory cap.

Texas applies modified comparative negligence with a 51% bar. A workplace claimant who is 50% at fault still recovers 50% of damages; one assigned 51% recovers nothing. This is slightly more claimant-friendly than the 50% bar applied in some neighbouring states, and it leaves room for negotiation in mixed-liability workplace cases where the comparative-fault split is close to even.

Workplace injuries in Texas run on a parallel track to general tort recovery: workers' compensation is the primary remedy against the employer, with third-party tort claims (against a contractor, equipment manufacturer, or non-employer driver) layered on top. Texas's caps (medical malpractice cap, punitive damages cap) apply to the third-party tort track only, and the workers' compensation insurer typically holds a subrogation right against any tort recovery.

★ band · US federal frame
Scheduled statutory benefits — no pain-and-suffering award
Workplace injury (workers compensation)
State workers-compensation schedules; value tracks the impairment rating, the wage rate and future medical, and most claims close by compromise-and-release rather than verdict.

The US band is the starting point. Texas's fault rule and any applicable cap then adjust the figure.

united states · sister site
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★ TX · statute of limitations
2 years from date of injury

Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003

★ TX · fault rule
Modified comparative — 51% bar

Modified comparative — recovery barred at 51% claimant fault.

★ TX · caps

What caps recovery.

Statutory caps that may bear on a workplace settlement in Texas.

★ workplace · same region & fault regime

Compare to like jurisdictions.

How Texas's fault rule and limitation period compare to jurisdictions in the same US region and to those running the same fault rule for workplace claims.

JurisdictionFault ruleLimitationWorkplace page
Texas · you are hereModified comparative — 51% bar2 years from date of injury—
VirginiaPure contributory negligence2 years from date of injuryVA · workplace →
West VirginiaModified comparative — 51% bar2 years from date of injuryWV · workplace
AlabamaPure contributory negligence2 years from date of injuryAL · workplace →
ArkansasModified comparative — 50% bar3 years for personal injury; 2 years for medical malpracticeAR · workplace →
FloridaModified comparative — 51% bar2 years from date of injury (was 4; reduced by HB 837)FL · workplace →
GeorgiaModified comparative — 50% bar2 years from date of injuryGA · workplace →
VermontModified comparative — 51% bar3 years from date of injuryVT · workplace
WisconsinModified comparative — 51% bar3 years from date of injuryWI · workplace →
WyomingModified comparative — 51% bar4 years from date of injuryWY · workplace
ConnecticutModified comparative — 51% bar2 years from date of injuryCT · workplace →
UtahModified comparative — 50% bar4 years for personal injury; 2 years for medical malpracticeUT · workplace
WashingtonPure comparative negligence3 years from date of injuryWA · workplace →
★ TX · workplace · frequently asked

Common questions.

Each answer is independently coherent and references the relevant statute or authority document.

★ all of TX
Texas overview

Fault rule, statute, caps, and key facts for Texas as a whole.

★ federal frame
Workplace in United States

Workplace band structure and severity tiers at the US level.

★ all 15 countries
Workplace · everywhere

Cross-jurisdiction comparison of workplace bands.

★ editorial note

Figures on this page are starting points: the US band adjusted for Texas's statutory framework. They are not quotes for any specific case. For representation, consult an attorney admitted in Texas. See /methodology, /sources, and /disclaimer.