Opinion ID: 776312
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Heading: Plaintiffs' RICO Claim

Text: 18 The Plaintiffs assert a RICO claim based on the predicate offenses of assault and injury to a child, elderly individual or disabled individual. TEX. PEN. CODE § 22.02 & 22.04. To prevail in a RICO suit, a plaintiff must demonstrate an injury to business or property. 18 U.S.C. § 1964(c); Sedima S.P.R.L. v. Imrex Co., 473 U.S. 479, 496, 105 S.Ct. 3275, 87 L.Ed.2d 346 (1985) ([T]he plaintiff only has standing if, and can only recover to the extent that, he has been injured in his business or property.). The phrase injury to business or property excludes personal injuries. Reiter v. Sonotone Corp., 442 U.S. 330, 339, 99 S.Ct. 2326, 60 L.Ed.2d 931 (1979). Because the only damages asserted by the Plaintiffs are for personal injuries, the district court's judgment on the pleadings on this claim was proper.