PJC General Negligence 2022

Subject Index

Spouse

Remarriage of surviving spouse, 29.3 Remedies, election of, 18.9 Rental income, lost, 7.6 Repair of property, damages for, 32.4 Request for submission as means of preserving error, 33.1 Rescue, doctrine of, ch. 3 note Respondeat superior liability doctrine of, 10.6 under Dramshop Act, defense to, 5.6 nonemployee, 10.10 Responsibility, use of term, 4.3. See also Proportionate responsibility Responsible third party, 4.1, 4.3 Salvage value, 32.3 Scope of authority. See Scope of employment Scope of employment, 10.6, ch. 17 deviation, 10.7 injury causing death in, 26.1 Seatbelt, evidence of failure to wear, 4.1 Separate property, recovery for loss of consortium and services as, 28.4 Service, diligence in procuring, 14.1 Service, theft of, 7.3 Settling person, 4.1, 4.3 Sexual abuse, continuous, 31.11 Sexual assault, 31.5 aggravated, 31.6 Social host liability, 5.5 Sole proximate cause, 3.2 “Special” employee. See Borrowed employee; Employee Spoliation, 1.13 S

death of, 29.3 eligible, 26.2 injured, negligence of, 28.4 remarriage of, 29.3 surviving, claim for wrongful death by, 29.3 Standard of care. See Degree of care Statutory language, use of, in workers’ compensation, 15.1 Subcontracting to avoid liability, 16.7 Subsequent aggravation of injury, 28.8 Substantial factor, 2.4, 3.1 Supplemental income benefits, ch. 24 active effort to obtain employment, 24.4 entitlement, 24.1 reduced earnings as direct result of, 24.2, 24.3 refusal of vocational rehabilitation services, 24.6 Survival damages. See Damages, survival T Taxes. See Income taxes, instruction on whether damages are subject to Technology, electronic, jurors’ use of, 1.1– 1.3 Temporary direction, 17.3 Testimony, jury’s disagreement about, 1.7 Texas Constitution, exemplary damages authorized by, 29.7 Texas Theft Liability Act, ch. 7 Theft, definition of, 7.2 Theft, exemplary damages, 31.8 Theft liability, ch. 7 Theft of service, 7.3 Third-degree burns, 25.7 Third-party defendant. See Contribution defendant; Multiple defendants

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