PJC General Negligence 2022

A PPENDIX

C HAPTER 50

M EDICAL M ALPRACTICE —D EFINITIONS , I NSTRUCTIONS , AND P RELIMINARY Q UESTIONS

PJC 50.1 PJC 50.2 PJC 50.3 PJC 50.4 PJC 50.5 PJC 50.6 PJC 50.7 PJC 50.8

Physician’s Degree of Care; Proximate Cause Hospital’s Degree of Care; Proximate Cause

Health Care Personnel’s Degree of Care; Proximate Cause

New and Independent Cause—Medical

Sole Proximate Cause—Medical Physician-Patient Relationship

Evidence of Bad Result Open Courts Challenge

C HAPTER 51

M EDICAL M ALPRACTICE —T HEORIES OF D IRECT L IABILITY

PJC 51.1 PJC 51.2

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

Submission of Settling Persons, Contribution Defendants, and Responsible Third Parties (Comment) Negligence of Physician, Hospital, or Other Health Care Provider

PJC 51.3

PJC 51.4 PJC 51.5

Proportionate Responsibility—Medical

Proportionate Responsibility If Contribution Defendant Is Joined—Medical Proportionate Responsibility—Medical—Derivative Claimant

PJC 51.6 PJC 51.7 PJC 51.8 PJC 51.9

Abandonment of Patient by Physician Res Ipsa Loquitur—Medical (Comment)

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

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