PJC Business

Subject Index

Common - law fraud. See Fraud Comparative responsibility. See Proportionate responsibility Competition, unfair. See Unfair competition (insurance) Complete tender (DTPA), 102.22 Concealment (fraud), 105.4 of writing, fraudulent (exemplary damages), 115.41 Condition precedent (contract), 101.33 Consequential damages contract, 115.5, 115.8 employment, 115.24 fraud, 115.20 Consideration (contract) failure of, 101.18 main purpose doctrine, 101.8 as necessary element of a valid contract, 101.1 Conspiracy, ch. 109 damages, 109.1 elements, 109.1 Construction contracts, 101.46–101.51. See also Contracts construction account, 101.47 current or past-due obligations, 101.47 damages, 115.48, 115.49 defenses, 101.48, 101.49 distinguished from ordinary contracts, 101.46 financial institution, 101.47 intent to defraud, 101.47 misapplication of trust funds, 101.47 excused, 101.47, 101.48 prompt payment, 101.50, 101.51 quantum meruit, 101.42, 101.46 trustee, 101.47 trust funds, 101.47–101.49 warranties good and workmanlike manner (of construction), 102.12 habitability, 102.13

reformation, 101.4 statute of frauds, 101.8, 101.35 Business disparagement damages 115.34 general question, 110.15 Business necessity (employment), 107.6 good-faith effort to make reasonable workplace accommodation, 107.14 C Capacity. See Mental capacity (contract) Capital murder (exemplary damages), 115.46 Cat’s paw theory, 107.4–107.6, 107.9, 107.11A Causation. See also Proximate cause concurrent and allocation, 101.57–101.59 contract damages, 115.3 covered losses, 101.57, 101.58 good faith and fair dealing, breach of, 103.1 Insurance Code, 102.14 Charge of the court, 100.3 definitions and instructions, Introduction 4(c) exemplary damages claims, 100.4 preservation of charge error, 116.1, 116.2 principles of style, Introduction 4 six-member jury charge, 100.3B twelve-member jury charge, 100.3A Circumstantial evidence, 100.8 Circumvention of statute (piercing), 108.6 Civil conspiracy. See Conspiracy Civil Rights Act of 1964, 107.6 Clear and convincing evidence, 115.31, 115.37 Commercial (fiduciary) bribery (exemplary damages), 115.44

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