Texas PJC Malpractice 2022

C ONTENTS

C HAPTER 50

M EDICAL M ALPRACTICE —D EFINITIONS , I NSTRUCTIONS , AND P RELIMINARY Q UESTIONS

PJC 50.1

Physician’s Degree of Care; Proximate Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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PJC 50.2

Hospital’s Degree of Care; Proximate Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

39

PJC 50.3

Health Care Personnel’s Degree of Care; Proximate Cause. . .

45

PJC 50.4

New and Independent Cause—Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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PJC 50.5

Sole Proximate Cause—Medical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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PJC 50.6

Physician-Patient Relationship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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PJC 50.7

Evidence of Bad Result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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PJC 50.8

Open Courts Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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C HAPTER 51

M EDICAL M ALPRACTICE —T HEORIES OF D IRECT L IABILITY

PJC 51.1

Use of “Injury” or “Occurrence” (Comment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

PJC 51.2

Submission of Settling Persons, Contribution Defendants, and Responsible Third Parties (Comment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Negligence of Physician, Hospital, or Other Health Care Provider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

PJC 51.3

PJC 51.4

Proportionate Responsibility—Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

PJC 51.5

Proportionate Responsibility If Contribution Defendant Is Joined—Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Proportionate Responsibility—Medical—Derivative Claimant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

PJC 51.6

PJC 51.7

Abandonment of Patient by Physician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

PJC 51.8

Res Ipsa Loquitur—Medical (Comment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

PJC 51.9

Informed Consent (Common Law) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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