Wrongful Death Lawyer in McAllen, TX

Losing someone in a crash that wasn’t their fault is not something any page can fix. A wrongful death claim is simply the legal path Texas gives a family afterward, a lawsuit against whoever caused the death, and this page explains it plainly and without pressure. It doesn’t undo anything. It can help with what comes next, bills that didn’t stop arriving, and income that did. If you’re reading this shortly after a crash, there’s no rush to get through all of it today.

Who can typically bring this claim

In Texas, this kind of claim typically belongs to the surviving spouse, children, and parents of the person who died. Exactly who qualifies in a specific family can vary, and it’s a fair, practical question to ask early rather than assume. That’s a conversation, not a form to fill out alone.

What it can help pay for

A wrongful death claim can account for real, tangible losses: funeral and burial costs, the financial support the person would have provided, and the loss of their companionship and guidance. These are ordinary, recognized categories under Texas law, not anything unusual to ask for. None of that puts a number on what happened. It’s simply how the law allows a family to recover some of what a death costs, on top of everything else it costs.

You’re not the only family facing this

In 2024, 57 fatal crashes took 62 lives across Hidalgo County, and 4,150 people died in crashes across Texas that same year, according to state crash data. Numbers like that don’t make any single loss easier. They do mean that families across this county face this same set of decisions every year. Some of these crashes involve a driver who’d been drinking; others involve a commercial truck. Whatever caused yours, Texas law treats a wrongful death claim as an established, well-worn path, not an unusual exception.

Two years from the date of death, not the crash

Texas law gives a family two years from the date of death to file a wrongful death lawsuit, not two years from the crash itself, which is an important difference when a loved one survives for a period of time after being hurt. For a case connected to McAllen or elsewhere in Hidalgo County, that lawsuit is filed at the Hidalgo County Courthouse in Edinburg, the county seat, regardless of which city the crash happened in.

If you decide to look into this

There’s no obligation and no cost to have a conversation about what happened. A free case review simply connects you with an independent attorney who can answer the specific questions a general page like this one can’t, on whatever timeline feels right for your family. Nothing about grieving on your own schedule is wrong, and nothing here is meant to rush that.