"Claimant" means a person, including a decedent's estate, seeking or who has sought recovery of damages in a health care liability claim. All persons claiming to have sustained damages as the result of the bodily injury or death of a single person are considered a single claimant.

I need help with an assignment in my LGLA 2303 Torts & Personal injury for paralegals course. In Texas, medical malpractice claims are governed by Chapter 74 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. Under this Chapter, noneconomic damages in Texas are limited to $250,000 per claimant. If a person dies as a result of a medical malpractice claim and his wife, parents, and three children sue the health care provider, what is the maximum amount of money they can recover from the provider for noneconomic damages? Is this amount per person or for the entire group? In three hundred words, explain the definition, how it relates to this hypothetical, and if agreed or disagree with the law. Focus on the law after August 1, 2003.