Texas PJC Malpractice 2022

C HANGES IN THE 2022 E DITION

8. Personal injury damages— a. Updated basic personal injury PJC to allow for the use of either “injury” or “occurrence” as the cause of plaintiff’s injuries, to align with how the liability question is phrased (80.3) b. Updated comments about physical impairment damages (80.3) c. Added comments about economic damages in claims by spouses and minor children of injured persons (80.4, 80.5) d. New charge for subsequent aggravation of injury (80.7) e. New charge for bystander injury (80.12) 9. Property damages—Changed PJC for total destruction of property to limit the charge to personal property only (83.3) 10. Exemplary damages—Comprehensively revised all charges and commentary (85.5–85.21)

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