Texas PJC Malpractice 2022

Contents

PJC 61.10

Liability of Attorneys under Deceptive Trade Practices Act (Comment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

PJC 61.11

Attorney-Client Relationship—Existence in Dispute. . . . . . . . . 149

PJC 61.12

Breach of Fiduciary Duty against Attorney in His Role as Attorney—Burden on Attorney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Question on Discovery Rule—Attorney Malpractice, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, or Fraud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

PJC 61.13

[Chapters 62–64 are reserved for expansion.]

C HAPTER 65

P REMISES L IABILITY —D EFINITIONS AND I NSTRUCTIONS

PJC 65.1

Application—Distinction Between Premises Defect, Negligent Activity, and Negligence of Nonsubscribing Employer (Comment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Negligence and Ordinary Care of Plaintiffs or of Defendants Other Than Owners or Occupiers of Premises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

PJC 65.2

PJC 65.3

Child’s Degree of Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

PJC 65.4

Proximate Cause—Premises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

PJC 65.5

New and Independent Cause—Premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

PJC 65.6

Sole Proximate Cause—Premises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

PJC 65.7

Unavoidable Accident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

PJC 65.8

Act of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

PJC 65.9

Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

C HAPTER 66

P REMISES L IABILITY —T HEORIES OF R ECOVERY

PJC 66.1

Use of “Injury” or “Occurrence” (Comment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

PJC 66.2

Submission of Settling Persons, Contribution Defendants, and Responsible Third Parties (Comment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

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