The damages recoverable through a wrongful death lawsuit depends on whether the claim is being pursued through the Wrongful Death Act, or The Texas Survival Act. In a Survival Act, the estate if able to recovery the economic and non-economic damages the victim suffered from the time of the accident, to the time of his or her death, which includes; lost earnings, emergency bills, surgical costs, ambulatory service costs, physician bills, and pain and suffering. Through a wrongful death lawsuit, the survivors are able to recover full and fair compensation for their losses in related to the victim's death, which includes some or all of the following; lost economic contributions the deceased would have provided, loss of consortium if the Plaintiff is a spouse to the victim, and the loss of services the deceased would have provided in the future to their household.