Texas PJC Malpractice 2022

PREFACE The Pattern Jury Charges (volume 3) Committee for this second edition has worked for over two years to revise this important volume in the State Bar of Texas’s PJC series. A major objective has been to incorporate broad-form submissions wherever possible, with the aim of simplifying the charge for the jury as well as for the bench and bar. The Committee wishes to express its gratitude to State Bar presidents Joe Nagy (1987–88), Jim Sales (1988–89), and Darrell Jordan (1989–90) for their support of its work. It also wishes to thank the staff of the Books and Systems Department of the State Bar, especially Sue Mills, director, and Vickie Tatum, project legal editor. The Committee wishes also to thank Richard Griffith, a former member (1988–89), for his important service to the Committee. J. Hadley Edgar, the chairman of the standing PJC Committee that oversees the publi cation of all PJC volumes, played an important role in supporting and advising the Com mittee in all phases of its work. Russell H. McMains, the liaison from the standing PJC Committee, was a de facto member, attending the meetings and providing information, advice, and expertise that was invaluable. Finally, the Committee thanks the first PJC 3 Committee (1981–82) for the dedication with which it labored to produce the original volume. Its members were— Judge Peter S. Solito, chair Gilbert I. Low J. Hadley Edgar, vice-chair Russell H. McMains Frank L. Branson Richard W. Mithoff James L. Branton Judge Don B. Morgan J. Carlisle DeHay, Jr. John M. O’Quinn John Eckel James B. Sales Franklin D. Houser Thomas H. Sharp, Jr. Judge William L. Hughes, Jr. Broadus A. Spivey Julie King Terry L. Weldon

—Peter S. Solito, Chair

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