PJC General Negligence 2022

CHANGES IN THE 2022 EDITION The 2022 edition of Texas Pattern Jury Charges—General Negligence, Intentional Personal Torts & Workers’ Compensation includes the following changes from the 2020 edition: 1. This edition omits references to pre-2003 law throughout the volume. 2. Proximate cause instruction—Commentary revised to reflect recent case law (2.4) 3. Basic negligence questions—Revised discussion of broad form (4.1) and added recent case law to commentary about uninsured/underinsured motor ist cases (4.1, 4.4) 4. Inferential rebuttal—Commentary for all inferential rebuttal instructions revised to reflect recent case law (chapter 3) 5. Negligent undertaking—New charge and commentary for negligent under taking (10.14), and previous PJC 10.14 renumbered to 10.15

6. Improper use—Revised instructions, questions, and commentary (11.5–11.7)

7. Nuisance—Revised instructions and commentary for private nuisance (12.4– 12.6)

8. Personal injury damages—

a. Updated basic personal injury PJC to allow for use of either “injury” or “occurrence” as cause of plaintiff’s injuries, to align with phrasing of lia bility question (28.3)

b. Updated commentary about physical impairment damages (28.3)

c. Added commentary about economic damages in claims by spouses and minor children of injured persons (28.4, 28.5)

d. New charge for subsequent aggravation of injury (28.8D)

e. New charge for bystander injury (28.12)

9. Pecuniary loss—(chapter 29)

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