Texas PJC Malpractice 2022

C ONTENTS

PJC 52.3

Borrowed Employee—Medical—Disjunctive Submission of Lending or Borrowing Employer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

PJC 52.4

Ostensible Agency—Question and Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

C HAPTER 53

M EDICAL M ALPRACTICE —D EFENSES

[Chapters 54–59 are reserved for expansion.]

C HAPTER 60

N ONMEDICAL P ROFESSIONAL M ALPRACTICE — D EFINITIONS AND I NSTRUCTIONS

PJC 60.1

Nonmedical Professional’s Degree of Care; Proximate Cause. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

PJC 60.2

New and Independent Cause—Nonmedical Professional. . . . . 124

PJC 60.3

Sole Proximate Cause—Nonmedical Professional . . . . . . . . . . 126

C HAPTER 61

N ONMEDICAL P ROFESSIONAL M ALPRACTICE — T HEORIES OF R ECOVERY

PJC 61.1

Use of “Injury” or “Occurrence” (Comment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

PJC 61.2

Submission of Settling Persons, Contribution Defendants, and Responsible Third Parties (Comment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Nonmedical Professional Relationship—Existence in Dispute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

PJC 61.3

PJC 61.4

Question and Instruction on Negligent Misrepresentation . . . . 135

PJC 61.5

Negligence of Nonmedical Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

PJC 61.6

Breach of Fiduciary Duty of Nonmedical Professional (Comment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

PJC 61.7

Proportionate Responsibility—Nonmedical Professional. . . . . 142

PJC 61.8

Proportionate Responsibility If Contribution Defendant Is Joined—Nonmedical Professional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Proportionate Responsibility—Nonmedical Professional— Derivative Claimant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

PJC 61.9

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