With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". for the purchase price of $8 million, when it was actually being offered to Don McCulley for only $2.5 million, thereby allowing Don McCulley and the Gallery to conceal a $500,000 commission. Among the essential elements of fraud, without which there can be no recovery, is a showing of damages suffered due to the fraud. C & C Partners v. Sun Exploration & Prod. Co., 783 S.W.2d 707, 718 (Tex.App. — Dallas 1989, writ denied). Fraud must be the cause of the claimed loss which is established by “pleading and proof of a pecuniary loss suffered which is directly traceable to and which resulted from the false representation upon which the injured party relied.” Id. at 718-19; see also, Teledyne Exploration Co. v. Klotz, 694 S.W.2d 109, 111 (Tex.App. — Corpus Christi 1985, writ ref'd n.r.e.) (<HOLDING>). Under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices

A: holding the plaintiffs action was one for wrongful death and not survival where damages listed in complaint were identical to damages listed in the wrongful death act
B: holding theft act entitles defendant to recover reasonable and necessary attorneys fees in successfully defending theft act claim even if defendant does not recover any actual damages
C: holding that complaining party may recover as actual damages compensation for the proximate results of the wrongful act
D: holding that a plaintiff may recover damages under both the lanham act and the copyright act provided the copyright damages serve a purpose other than compensation
C.