Texas PJC Malpractice 2022

C HAPTER 85

E XEMPLARY D AMAGES

PJC 85.1

Standard for Recovery of Exemplary Damages—Gross Negligence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

PJC 85.2

Imputing Gross Negligence to a Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

PJC 85.3

Determining Amount of Exemplary Damages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

PJC 85.4

Apportioning Exemplary Damages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

PJC 85.5

Question and Instructions—Murder as a Statutory Ground for Removing Limitation on Exemplary Damages (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 41.008(c)(1)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Question and Instructions—Capital Murder as a Statutory Ground for Removing Limitation on Exemplary Damages (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 41.008(c)(2)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Question and Instructions—Aggravated Kidnapping as a Statutory Ground for Removing Limitation on Exemplary Damages (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 41.008(c)(3)). . . . . . . 411 Question and Instructions—Aggravated Assault as a Statutory Ground for Removing Limitation on Exemplary Damages (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 41.008(c)(4)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 Question and Instructions—Sexual Assault as a Statutory Ground for Removing Limitation on Exemplary Damages (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 41.008(c)(5)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

PJC 85.6

PJC 85.7

PJC 85.8

PJC 85.9

PJC 85.10 Question and Instructions—Aggravated Sexual Assault as a Statutory Ground for Removing Limitation on Exemplary

Damages (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 41.008(c)(6)). . . . . . . 424

PJC 85.11 Injury to a Child, Elderly Individual, or Disabled

Individual as a Statutory Ground for Removing Limitation on Exemplary Damages (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 41.008(c)(7)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431 PJC 85.11A Question and Instructions—Injury to a Child as a Statutory Ground for Removing Limitation on Exemplary Damages (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 41.008(c)(7)). . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

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