PJC Malpractice 2024

C HAPTER 71

P RODUCTS L IABILITY —T HEORIES OF R ECOVERY

PJC 71.1

Use of “Injury” or “Occurrence” (Comment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

PJC 71.2

Submission of Settling Persons, Contribution Defendants, and Responsible Third Parties (Comment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

PJC 71.3

Manufacturing Defect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

PJC 71.4

Design Defect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

PJC 71.5

Defect in Warnings or Instructions (Marketing Defect) . . . . . . . . 236

PJC 71.6

Misrepresentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

PJC 71.7

Negligence in Products Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

PJC 71.8

Negligent Undertaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

PJC 71.9

Breach of Implied Warranty of Merchantability (Tex. UCC § 2.314(b)(3)) (Design Defect). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

PJC 71.10 Breach of Implied Warranty of Merchantability

(Tex. UCC § 2.314(b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(4), (b)(6)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

PJC 71.11 Breach of Implied Warranty of Fitness for a Particular Purpose (Tex. UCC § 2.315) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

PJC 71.12 Breach of Express Warranty (Tex. UCC § 2.313). . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

PJC 71.13 Products Liability—Proportionate Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

PJC 71.14 Products Liability—Proportionate Responsibility If

Contribution Defendant Is Joined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

PJC 71.15 Products Liability—Proportionate Responsibility—Derivative Claimant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

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