Texas PJC Malpractice 2022

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

PJC 51.10 Informed Consent (Statutory)—Procedure Not on

List A or B—No Emergency or Other Medically Feasible Reason for Nondisclosure—Disclosure in Issue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

PJC 51.11 Informed Consent (Statutory)—Procedure on List A— No Emergency or Other Medically Feasible Reason for

Nondisclosure—No Disclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

PJC 51.12 Informed Consent (Statutory)—Procedure on List A— No Emergency or Other Medically Feasible Reason for

Nondisclosure—Disclosure Not in Statutory Form . . . . . . . . . . . 83

PJC 51.13 Informed Consent (Statutory)—Procedure on List A— No Disclosure—Emergency or Other Medically Feasible

Reason for Nondisclosure in Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

PJC 51.14 Informed Consent (Statutory)—Procedure on List A—

Validity of Disclosure Instrument in Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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