Texas Statutes
Civil Practice and Remedies Code
Title 4 - Liability in Tort

Section 72.052. Bifurcated Trial in Certain Commercial Motor Vehicle Accident Actions - Sec. 72.052. BIFURCATED TRIAL IN CERTAIN COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT...

Section 72.053. Failure to Comply With Regulations or Standards - Sec. 72.053. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS OR STANDARDS. (a)...

Section 72.054. Liability for Employee Negligence in Operating Commercial Motor Vehicle - Sec. 72.054. LIABILITY FOR EMPLOYEE NEGLIGENCE IN OPERATING COMMERCIAL MOTOR...

Section 72.055. Admissibility of Visual Depictions of Accident - Sec. 72.055. ADMISSIBILITY OF VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF ACCIDENT. (a) In...

Chapter 73 - Libel

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 73.001. Elements of Libel - Sec. 73.001. ELEMENTS OF LIBEL. A libel is a defamation...

Section 73.002. Privileged Matters - Sec. 73.002. PRIVILEGED MATTERS. (a) The publication by a newspaper...

Section 73.003. Mitigating Factors - Sec. 73.003. MITIGATING FACTORS. (a) To determine the extent and...

Section 73.004. Liability of Broadcaster - Sec. 73.004. LIABILITY OF BROADCASTER. (a) A broadcaster is not...

Section 73.005. Truth a Defense - Sec. 73.005. TRUTH A DEFENSE. (a) The truth of the...

Section 73.006. Other Defenses - Sec. 73.006. OTHER DEFENSES. This chapter does not affect the...

Subchapter B. Correction, Clarification, or Retraction by Publisher

Section 73.051. Short Title - Sec. 73.051. SHORT TITLE. This subchapter may be cited as...

Section 73.052. Purpose - Sec. 73.052. PURPOSE. The purpose of this subchapter is to...

Section 73.053. Definition - Sec. 73.053. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "person" means an individual,...

Section 73.054. Applicability - Sec. 73.054. APPLICABILITY. (a) This subchapter applies to a claim...

Section 73.055. Request for Correction, Clarification, or Retraction - Sec. 73.055. REQUEST FOR CORRECTION, CLARIFICATION, OR RETRACTION. (a) A...

Section 73.056. Disclosure of Evidence of Falsity - Sec. 73.056. DISCLOSURE OF EVIDENCE OF FALSITY. (a) A person...

Section 73.057. Timely and Sufficient Correction, Clarification, or Retraction - Sec. 73.057. TIMELY AND SUFFICIENT CORRECTION, CLARIFICATION, OR RETRACTION. (a)...

Section 73.058. Challenges to Correction, Clarification, or Retraction or to Request for Correction, Clarification, or Retraction - Sec. 73.058. CHALLENGES TO CORRECTION, CLARIFICATION, OR RETRACTION OR TO...

Section 73.059. Effect of Correction, Clarification, or Retraction - Sec. 73.059. EFFECT OF CORRECTION, CLARIFICATION, OR RETRACTION. If a...

Section 73.060. Scope of Protection - Sec. 73.060. SCOPE OF PROTECTION. A timely and sufficient correction,...

Section 73.061. Admissibility of Evidence of Correction, Clarification, or Retraction - Sec. 73.061. ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE OF CORRECTION, CLARIFICATION, OR RETRACTION....

Section 73.062. Abatement - Sec. 73.062. ABATEMENT. (a) A person against whom a suit...

Chapter 74 - Medical Liability

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 74.001. Definitions - Sec. 74.001. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this chapter: (1) "Affiliate" means...

Section 74.002. Conflict With Other Law and Rules of Civil Procedure - Sec. 74.002. CONFLICT WITH OTHER LAW AND RULES OF CIVIL...

Section 74.003. Sovereign Immunity Not Waived - Sec. 74.003. SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY NOT WAIVED. This chapter does not...

Section 74.004. Exception From Certain Laws - Sec. 74.004. EXCEPTION FROM CERTAIN LAWS. (a) Notwithstanding any other...

Subchapter B. Notice and Pleadings

Section 74.051. Notice - Sec. 74.051. NOTICE. (a) Any person or his authorized agent...

Section 74.052. Authorization Form for Release of Protected Health Information - Sec. 74.052. AUTHORIZATION FORM FOR RELEASE OF PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION....

Section 74.053. Pleadings Not to State Damage Amount; Special Exception; Exclusion From Section - Sec. 74.053. PLEADINGS NOT TO STATE DAMAGE AMOUNT; SPECIAL EXCEPTION;...

Subchapter C. Informed Consent

Section 74.101. Theory of Recovery - Sec. 74.101. THEORY OF RECOVERY. In a suit against a...

Section 74.102. Texas Medical Disclosure Panel - Sec. 74.102. TEXAS MEDICAL DISCLOSURE PANEL. (a) The Texas Medical...

Section 74.103. Duties of Disclosure Panel - Sec. 74.103. DUTIES OF DISCLOSURE PANEL. (a) To the extent...

Section 74.104. Duty of Physician or Health Care Provider - Sec. 74.104. DUTY OF PHYSICIAN OR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Before...

Section 74.105. Manner of Disclosure - Sec. 74.105. MANNER OF DISCLOSURE. Consent to medical care that...

Section 74.106. Effect of Disclosure - Sec. 74.106. EFFECT OF DISCLOSURE. (a) In a suit against...

Section 74.107. Informed Consent for Hysterectomies - Sec. 74.107. INFORMED CONSENT FOR HYSTERECTOMIES. (a) The disclosure panel...

Subchapter D. Emergency Care

Section 74.151. Liability for Emergency Care - Sec. 74.151. LIABILITY FOR EMERGENCY CARE. (a) A person who...

Section 74.152. Unlicensed Medical Personnel - Sec. 74.152. UNLICENSED MEDICAL PERSONNEL. Persons not licensed or certified...

Section 74.153. Standard of Proof in Cases Involving Emergency Medical Care - Sec. 74.153. STANDARD OF PROOF IN CASES INVOLVING EMERGENCY MEDICAL...

Section 74.154. Jury Instructions in Cases Involving Emergency Medical Care - Sec. 74.154. JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CASES INVOLVING EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE....

Section 74.155. Liability of Physicians, Health Care Providers, and First Responders During Pandemic - Sec. 74.155. LIABILITY OF PHYSICIANS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, AND FIRST...

Subchapter E. Res Ipsa Loquitur

Section 74.201. Application of Res Ipsa Loquitur - Sec. 74.201. APPLICATION OF RES IPSA LOQUITUR. The common law...

Subchapter F. Statute of Limitations

Section 74.251. Statute of Limitations on Health Care Liability Claims - Sec. 74.251. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON HEALTH CARE LIABILITY CLAIMS....

Subchapter G. Liability Limits

Section 74.301. Limitation on Noneconomic Damages - Sec. 74.301. LIMITATION ON NONECONOMIC DAMAGES. (a) In an action...

Section 74.302. Alternative Limitation on Noneconomic Damages - Sec. 74.302. ALTERNATIVE LIMITATION ON NONECONOMIC DAMAGES. (a) In the...

Section 74.303. Limitation on Damages - Sec. 74.303. LIMITATION ON DAMAGES. (a) In a wrongful death...

Subchapter H. Procedural Provisions

Section 74.351. Expert Report - Sec. 74.351. EXPERT REPORT. (a) In a health care liability...

Section 74.352. Discovery Procedures - Sec. 74.352. DISCOVERY PROCEDURES. (a) In every health care liability...

Section 74.353. Preliminary Determination for Expert Report Requirement - Sec. 74.353. PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION FOR EXPERT REPORT REQUIREMENT. (a) On...

Subchapter I. Expert Witnesses

Section 74.401. Qualifications of Expert Witness in Suit Against Physician - Sec. 74.401. QUALIFICATIONS OF EXPERT WITNESS IN SUIT AGAINST PHYSICIAN....

Section 74.402. Qualifications of Expert Witness in Suit Against Health Care Provider - Sec. 74.402. QUALIFICATIONS OF EXPERT WITNESS IN SUIT AGAINST HEALTH...

Section 74.403. Qualifications of Expert Witness on Causation in Health Care Liability Claim - Sec. 74.403. QUALIFICATIONS OF EXPERT WITNESS ON CAUSATION IN HEALTH...

Subchapter J. Arbitration Agreements

Section 74.451. Arbitration Agreements - Sec. 74.451. ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS. (a) No physician, professional association of...

Subchapter K. Payment for Future Losses

Section 74.501. Definitions - Sec. 74.501. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Future damages" means...

Section 74.502. Scope of Subchapter - Sec. 74.502. SCOPE OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to...

Section 74.503. Court Order for Periodic Payments - Sec. 74.503. COURT ORDER FOR PERIODIC PAYMENTS. (a) At the...

Section 74.504. Release - Sec. 74.504. RELEASE. The entry of an order for the...

Section 74.505. Financial Responsibility - Sec. 74.505. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. (a) As a condition to authorizing...

Section 74.506. Death of Recipient - Sec. 74.506. DEATH OF RECIPIENT. (a) On the death of...

Section 74.507. Award of Attorney's Fees - Sec. 74.507. AWARD OF ATTORNEY'S FEES. For purposes of computing...

Chapter 74A - Limitation of Liability Relating to Health Information Exchanges

Section 74A.001. Definitions - Sec. 74A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Gross negligence" has...

Section 74A.002. Limitation on Liability of Health Care Providers Relating to Health Information Exchanges - Sec. 74A.002. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS RELATING...

Section 74A.003. Applicability of Other Law - Sec. 74A.003. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. The protections, immunities, and...

Chapter 75 - Limitation of Landowners' Liability

Section 75.001. Definitions - Sec. 75.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Agricultural land" means...

Section 75.002. Liability Limited - Sec. 75.002. LIABILITY LIMITED. (a) An owner, lessee, or occupant...

Section 75.0022. Limited Liability of Certain Electric Utilities - Sec. 75.0022. LIMITED LIABILITY OF CERTAIN ELECTRIC UTILITIES. (a) In...

Section 75.0025. Limited Liability of Persons Allowing Certain Uses of Land - Sec. 75.0025. LIMITED LIABILITY OF PERSONS ALLOWING CERTAIN USES OF...

Section 75.003. Application and Effect of Chapter - Sec. 75.003. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter...

Section 75.004. Limitation on Monetary Damages for Private Landowners - Sec. 75.004. LIMITATION ON MONETARY DAMAGES FOR PRIVATE LANDOWNERS. (a)...

Section 75.006. Liability Limited for Actions of Firefighter, Federal Law Enforcement Officer, or Peace Officer - Sec. 75.006. LIABILITY LIMITED FOR ACTIONS OF FIREFIGHTER, FEDERAL LAW...

Section 75.007. Trespassers - Sec. 75.007. TRESPASSERS. (a) In this section, "trespasser" means a...

Chapter 75A - Limited Liability for Agritourism Activities

Section 75A.001. Definitions - Sec. 75A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Agricultural land" means...

Section 75A.002. Limited Liability - Sec. 75A.002. LIMITED LIABILITY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection...

Section 75A.003. Posted Warning - Sec. 75A.003. POSTED WARNING. For the purposes of limitation of...

Section 75A.004. Signed Agreement and Warning - Sec. 75A.004. SIGNED AGREEMENT AND WARNING. For the purposes of...

Chapter 76 - Food Donors

Section 76.001. Definitions - Sec. 76.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Donate" means to...

Section 76.002. Short Title - Sec. 76.002. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 76.003. Apparently Wholesome Food - Sec. 76.003. APPARENTLY WHOLESOME FOOD. For the purposes of this...

Section 76.004. Liability for Damages From Donated Food - Sec. 76.004. LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES FROM DONATED FOOD. (a) A...

Chapter 77 - Transplants and Transfusions

Section 77.001. Definition - Sec. 77.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "human body part" means...

Section 77.002. Policy - Sec. 77.002. POLICY. It is important to the health and...

Section 77.003. Limitation of Liability - Sec. 77.003. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. (a) A person who donates,...

Section 77.004. Blood Bank: Compensation of Seller - Sec. 77.004. BLOOD BANK: COMPENSATION OF SELLER. (a) This section...

Chapter 78 - Certain Fire Fighters and Fire-Fighting Entities

Subchapter A. Volunteer Fire Fighters and Fire Departments

Section 78.001. Liability - Sec. 78.001. LIABILITY. A volunteer fire fighter or a volunteer...

Subchapter B. Marine Fire-Fighting Services

Section 78.051. Definitions - Sec. 78.051. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Fire emergency" means...

Section 78.052. Applicability of Subchapter: Marine Fire Emergency - Sec. 78.052. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER: MARINE FIRE EMERGENCY. This subchapter...

Section 78.053. Liability - Sec. 78.053. LIABILITY. (a) A nonprofit fire department is liable...

Section 78.054. Individual Immunities - Sec. 78.054. INDIVIDUAL IMMUNITIES. A fire fighter is liable for...

Subchapter C. Fire-Fighting Services

Section 78.101. Definitions - Sec. 78.101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Emergency response" means...

Section 78.102. Applicability of Subchapter: Emergency Response - Sec. 78.102. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER: EMERGENCY RESPONSE. This subchapter applies...

Section 78.103. Liability of Volunteer Fire Department - Sec. 78.103. LIABILITY OF VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. A volunteer fire...

Section 78.104. Liability of Volunteer Fire Fighter - Sec. 78.104. LIABILITY OF VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTER. A volunteer fire...

Subchapter D. Liability for Training Exercises

Section 78.151. Liability for Training Exercises - Sec. 78.151. LIABILITY FOR TRAINING EXERCISES. A person is not...

Chapter 78A - Liability of First Responders for Roadside Assistance

Section 78A.001. Definitions - Sec. 78A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "First responder" means...

Section 78A.002. Liability of First Responder - Sec. 78A.002. LIABILITY OF FIRST RESPONDER. A first responder who...

Chapter 79 - Liability of Persons Assisting in Hazardous or Dangerous Situations

Section 79.001. Definitions - Sec. 79.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Hazardous material" means:...

Section 79.002. Hazardous Materials - Sec. 79.002. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. (a) Except in a case of...

Section 79.003. Disaster Assistance - Sec. 79.003. DISASTER ASSISTANCE. (a) Except in a case of...

Section 79.0031. Liability of Volunteer Health Care Provider or Health Care Institution - Sec. 79.0031. LIABILITY OF VOLUNTEER HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OR HEALTH...

Section 79.004. Liability for Training Exercises - Sec. 79.004. LIABILITY FOR TRAINING EXERCISES. Except in a case...

Chapter 80 - Trespass: Outdoor Sign

Section 80.001. Definition - Sec. 80.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "sign" means an outdoor...

Section 80.002. Trespass - Sec. 80.002. TRESPASS. A trespass occurs when an individual: (1)...

Section 80.003. Damages - Sec. 80.003. DAMAGES. (a) The owner of the premises is...

Chapter 81 - Sexual Exploitation by Mental Health Services Provider

Section 81.001. Definitions - Sec. 81.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Mental health services"...

Section 81.002. Sexual Exploitation Cause of Action - Sec. 81.002. SEXUAL EXPLOITATION CAUSE OF ACTION. A mental health...

Section 81.003. Liability of Employer - Sec. 81.003. LIABILITY OF EMPLOYER. (a) An employer of a...

Section 81.004. Damages - Sec. 81.004. DAMAGES. (a) A plaintiff who prevails in a...

Section 81.005. Defenses - Sec. 81.005. DEFENSES. (a) It is not a defense to...

Section 81.006. Duty to Report - Sec. 81.006. DUTY TO REPORT. (a) If a mental health...

Section 81.007. Limited Immunity From Liability - Sec. 81.007. LIMITED IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. (a) A person who,...

Section 81.008. Admission of Evidence - Sec. 81.008. ADMISSION OF EVIDENCE. (a) In an action for...

Section 81.009. Limitations - Sec. 81.009. LIMITATIONS. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this...

Section 81.010. Injunctive Relief Against Governmental Units - Sec. 81.010. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AGAINST GOVERNMENTAL UNITS. (a) In this...

Chapter 82 - Products Liability

Section 82.001. Definitions - Sec. 82.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Claimant" means a...

Section 82.002. Manufacturer's Duty to Indemnify - Sec. 82.002. MANUFACTURER'S DUTY TO INDEMNIFY. (a) A manufacturer shall...

Section 82.003. Liability of Nonmanufacturing Sellers - Sec. 82.003. LIABILITY OF NONMANUFACTURING SELLERS. (a) A seller that...

Section 82.004. Inherently Unsafe Products - Sec. 82.004. INHERENTLY UNSAFE PRODUCTS. (a) In a products liability...

Section 82.005. Design Defects - Sec. 82.005. DESIGN DEFECTS. (a) In a products liability action...

Section 82.006. Firearms and Ammunition - Sec. 82.006. FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION. (a) In a products liability...

Section 82.007. Medicines - Sec. 82.007. MEDICINES. (a) In a products liability action alleging...

Section 82.008. Compliance With Government Standards - Sec. 82.008. COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNMENT STANDARDS. (a) In a products...

Chapter 83 - Use of Force or Deadly Force

Section 83.001. Civil Immunity - Sec. 83.001. CIVIL IMMUNITY. A defendant who uses force or...

Chapter 84 - Charitable Immunity and Liability

Section 84.001. Name of Act - Sec. 84.001. NAME OF ACT. This Act may be cited...

Section 84.002. Findings and Purposes - Sec. 84.002. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. The Legislature of the State...

Section 84.003. Definitions - Sec. 84.003. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Charitable organization" means:...

Section 84.004. Volunteer Liability - Sec. 84.004. VOLUNTEER LIABILITY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection...

Section 84.005. Employee Liability - Sec. 84.005. EMPLOYEE LIABILITY. Except as provided in Section 84.007...

Section 84.006. Organization Liability - Sec. 84.006. ORGANIZATION LIABILITY. Except as provided in Section 84.007...

Section 84.0061. Organizational Liability for Transportation Services Provided to Certain Welfare Recipients - Sec. 84.0061. ORGANIZATIONAL LIABILITY FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES PROVIDED TO CERTAIN...

Section 84.0065. Organization Liability of Hospitals - Sec. 84.0065. ORGANIZATION LIABILITY OF HOSPITALS. (a) Except as provided...

Section 84.0066. Liability for Disclosing Sexual Misconduct - Sec. 84.0066. LIABILITY FOR DISCLOSING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. (a) A charitable...

Section 84.007. Applicability - Sec. 84.007. APPLICABILITY. (a) This chapter does not apply to...

Section 84.008. Severability - Sec. 84.008. SEVERABILITY. If any clause or provision of this...

Chapter 85 - Liability for Stalking

Section 85.001. Definitions - Sec. 85.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Claimant" means a...

Section 85.002. Liability - Sec. 85.002. LIABILITY. A defendant is liable, as provided by...

Section 85.003. Proof - Sec. 85.003. PROOF. (a) A claimant proves stalking against a...

Section 85.004. Damages - Sec. 85.004. DAMAGES. A claimant who prevails in a suit...

Section 85.005. Defense - Sec. 85.005. DEFENSE. It is a defense to an action...

Section 85.006. Cause of Action Cumulative - Sec. 85.006. CAUSE OF ACTION CUMULATIVE. The cause of action...

Chapter 86 - Liability for Certain Injuries to Convicted Persons

Section 86.001. Definition - Sec. 86.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "claimant" means a party,...

Section 86.002. Recovery of Damages for Injury to Convicted Person Prohibited - Sec. 86.002. RECOVERY OF DAMAGES FOR INJURY TO CONVICTED PERSON...

Section 86.003. Derivative Claims - Sec. 86.003. DERIVATIVE CLAIMS. Section 86.002 applies to a claim...

Section 86.004. Claimant Liable for Court Costs and Fees and Attorney's Fees - Sec. 86.004. CLAIMANT LIABLE FOR COURT COSTS AND FEES AND...

Section 86.005. Certain Traffic Law Violations Excluded - Sec. 86.005. CERTAIN TRAFFIC LAW VIOLATIONS EXCLUDED. This chapter does...

Section 86.006. Convicted Person - Sec. 86.006. CONVICTED PERSON. For purposes of this chapter, a...

Section 86.007. Applicability - Sec. 86.007. APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply to: (1)...

Chapter 87 - Liability Arising From Farm Animals

Section 87.001. Definitions - Sec. 87.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Engages in a...

Section 87.002. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 87.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not apply...

Section 87.0021. Certain Labor Laws Not Affected - Sec. 87.0021. CERTAIN LABOR LAWS NOT AFFECTED. Nothing in this...

Section 87.003. Limitation on Liability - Sec. 87.003. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY. Except as provided by Section...

Section 87.004. Exceptions to Limitation on Liability - Sec. 87.004. EXCEPTIONS TO LIMITATION ON LIABILITY. A person, including...

Section 87.005. Warning Notice - Sec. 87.005. WARNING NOTICE. (a) A farm animal professional or...

Chapter 88 - Health Care Liability

Section 88.001. Definitions - Sec. 88.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Appropriate and medically...

Section 88.0015. Inapplicability to Erisa-Regulated Employee Benefit Plan - Sec. 88.0015. INAPPLICABILITY TO ERISA-REGULATED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN. This chapter...

Section 88.002. Application - Sec. 88.002. APPLICATION. (a) A health insurance carrier, health maintenance...

Section 88.003. Limitations on Cause of Action - Sec. 88.003. LIMITATIONS ON CAUSE OF ACTION. (a) A person...

Chapter 89 - Donation of Medical Devices

Section 89.001. Definitions - Sec. 89.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Device" means braces,...

Section 89.002. Liability for Damages From Donated Device - Sec. 89.002. LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES FROM DONATED DEVICE. A person...

Section 89.003. Exceptions - Sec. 89.003. EXCEPTIONS. (a) This chapter does not apply to...

Chapter 90 - Claims Involving Asbestos and Silica

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 90.001. Definitions - Sec. 90.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Asbestos" means chrysotile,...

Section 90.002. Pulmonary Function Testing - Sec. 90.002. PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING. Pulmonary function testing required by...

Section 90.003. Reports Required for Claims Involving Asbestos-Related Injury - Sec. 90.003. REPORTS REQUIRED FOR CLAIMS INVOLVING ASBESTOS-RELATED INJURY. (a)...

Section 90.004. Reports Required for Claims Involving Silica-Related Injury - Sec. 90.004. REPORTS REQUIRED FOR CLAIMS INVOLVING SILICA-RELATED INJURY. (a)...

Section 90.005. Prohibited Basis for Diagnosis - Sec. 90.005. PROHIBITED BASIS FOR DIAGNOSIS. (a) For purposes of...

Section 90.006. Serving Reports - Sec. 90.006. SERVING REPORTS. (a) In an action filed on...

Section 90.007. Motion to Dismiss in Action Filed on or After September 1, 2005 - Sec. 90.007. MOTION TO DISMISS IN ACTION FILED ON OR...

Section 90.008. Voluntary Dismissal - Sec. 90.008. VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL. Before serving a report required by...

Section 90.009. Joinder of Claimants - Sec. 90.009. JOINDER OF CLAIMANTS. Unless all parties agree otherwise,...

Section 90.010. Multidistrict Litigation Proceedings - Sec. 90.010. MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION PROCEEDINGS. (a) The MDL rules apply...

Section 90.011. Bankruptcy - Sec. 90.011. BANKRUPTCY. Nothing in this chapter is intended to...

Section 90.012. Supreme Court Rulemaking - Sec. 90.012. SUPREME COURT RULEMAKING. The supreme court may promulgate...

Subchapter B. Asbestos or Silica Trust Claims

Section 90.051. Definitions - Sec. 90.051. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Asbestos or silica...

Section 90.052. Requirement to Make Trust Claims - Sec. 90.052. REQUIREMENT TO MAKE TRUST CLAIMS. (a) Except as...

Section 90.053. Notice of Trust Claim; Production of Trust Claim Material - Sec. 90.053. NOTICE OF TRUST CLAIM; PRODUCTION OF TRUST CLAIM...

Section 90.054. Failure to Make Trust Claim or Provide Notice and Trust Claim Material - Sec. 90.054. FAILURE TO MAKE TRUST CLAIM OR PROVIDE NOTICE...

Section 90.055. Motion to Stay - Sec. 90.055. MOTION TO STAY. (a) A defendant may file...

Section 90.056. Response to Motion to Stay - Sec. 90.056. RESPONSE TO MOTION TO STAY. (a) Not later...

Section 90.057. Stay of Proceedings - Sec. 90.057. STAY OF PROCEEDINGS. (a) The court shall grant...

Section 90.058. Evidence of Trust Claims - Sec. 90.058. EVIDENCE OF TRUST CLAIMS. (a) Trust claim material...

Chapter 91 - Liability of Volunteer Health Care Practitioners

Section 91.001. Definitions - Sec. 91.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Health care practitioner"...

Section 91.002. Health Care Practitioner Liability - Sec. 91.002. HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER LIABILITY. Subject to Section 91.003,...

Section 91.003. Insurance Required - Sec. 91.003. INSURANCE REQUIRED. (a) Section 91.002 applies only to...

Section 91.004. Applicability - Sec. 91.004. APPLICABILITY. (a) This chapter does not apply to...

Chapter 91A - Liability of Volunteer Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists

Section 91A.001. Definitions - Sec. 91A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Audiologist" means an...

Section 91A.002. Immunity From Liability - Sec. 91A.002. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. An audiologist or speech-language pathologist...

Section 91A.003. Applicability - Sec. 91A.003. APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply to an...

Chapter 91B - Liability of Volunteer Veterinary Practitioners

Section 91B.001. Definitions - Sec. 91B.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter, "certified veterinary assistant," "licensed...

Section 91B.002. Immunity From Liability - Sec. 91B.002. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. (a) Except as provided by...

Section 91B.003. Applicability - Sec. 91B.003. APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply to an...

Chapter 92 - Limitation of Liability for Person Assisting Certain Animals

Section 92.001. Definitions - Sec. 92.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Animal control agency"...

Section 92.002. Limitation of Liability - Sec. 92.002. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. (a) In this section, "emergency"...

Section 92.003. Limitation of Liability for Animal Control Agencies and Certain Employees - Sec. 92.003. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR ANIMAL CONTROL AGENCIES AND...

Section 92.004. Effect on Other Law - Sec. 92.004. EFFECT ON OTHER LAW. (a) This chapter does...

Chapter 92A - Limitation of Liability for Removing Certain Individuals From Motor Vehicle

Section 92A.001. Definitions - Sec. 92A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Motor vehicle" means...

Section 92A.002. Limitation of Liability - Sec. 92A.002. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. A person who, by force...

Section 92A.003. Effect on Other Laws - Sec. 92A.003. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS. This chapter does not...

Chapter 93 - Assumption of the Risk and Certain Other Affirmative Defenses

Section 93.001. Assumption of the Risk: Affirmative Defense - Sec. 93.001. ASSUMPTION OF THE RISK: AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE. (a) It...

Section 93.002. Dry Fire Hydrants: Affirmative Defense - Sec. 93.002. DRY FIRE HYDRANTS: AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE. (a) It is...

Chapter 94 - Liability of Sports Officials and Organizations

Section 94.001. Definitions - Sec. 94.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Athletic competition" means...

Section 94.002. Liability of Sports Official - Sec. 94.002. LIABILITY OF SPORTS OFFICIAL. (a) A sports official...

Section 94.003. Liability of Sponsoring Organization - Sec. 94.003. LIABILITY OF SPONSORING ORGANIZATION. A sponsoring organization cannot...

Chapter 95 - Property Owner's Liability for Acts of Independent Contractors and Amount of Recovery

Section 95.001. Definitions - Sec. 95.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Claim" means a...

Section 95.002. Applicability - Sec. 95.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to a claim:...

Section 95.003. Liability for Acts of Independent Contractors - Sec. 95.003. LIABILITY FOR ACTS OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. A property...

Section 95.004. Evidence Admissible - Sec. 95.004. EVIDENCE ADMISSIBLE. In the trial of a case...

Chapter 95A - Actions Involving the Carrying of Handguns on Certain Property

Section 95A.0001. Evidence of Failure to Forbid Handguns - Sec. 95A.0001. EVIDENCE OF FAILURE TO FORBID HANDGUNS. The fact...

Chapter 96 - False Disparagement of Perishable Food Products

Section 96.001. Definition - Sec. 96.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "perishable food product" means...

Section 96.002. Liability - Sec. 96.002. LIABILITY. (a) A person is liable as provided...

Section 96.003. Proof - Sec. 96.003. PROOF. In determining if information is false, the...

Section 96.004. Certain Marketing or Labeling Excluded - Sec. 96.004. CERTAIN MARKETING OR LABELING EXCLUDED. A person is...

Chapter 97 - Liability of Persons Providing Services for a Governmental Unit

Section 97.001. Liability of Correctional Facilities and Officers Barred for Certain Acts of Inmates - Sec. 97.001. LIABILITY OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND OFFICERS BARRED FOR...

Section 97.002. Limit on Liability of Certain Highway, Road, and Street Contractors - Sec. 97.002. LIMIT ON LIABILITY OF CERTAIN HIGHWAY, ROAD, AND...

Chapter 98 - Liability for Trafficking of Persons

Section 98.001. Definition - Sec. 98.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "trafficking of persons" means...

Section 98.002. Liability - Sec. 98.002. LIABILITY. (a) A defendant who engages in the...

Section 98.0025. Shareholder and Member Liability - Sec. 98.0025. SHAREHOLDER AND MEMBER LIABILITY. (a) This section applies...

Section 98.003. Damages - Sec. 98.003. DAMAGES. (a) A claimant who prevails in a...

Section 98.004. Cause of Action Cumulative - Sec. 98.004. CAUSE OF ACTION CUMULATIVE. The cause of action...

Section 98.005. Joint and Several Liability - Sec. 98.005. JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY. A person who engages...

Section 98.006. Liberal Construction and Application - Sec. 98.006. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION. This chapter shall be...

Section 98.007. Confidential Identity in Certain Actions - Sec. 98.007. CONFIDENTIAL IDENTITY IN CERTAIN ACTIONS. (a) In this...

Chapter 98A - Liability for Compelled Prostitution and Certain Promotion of Prostitution

Section 98A.001. Definitions - Sec. 98A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Advertisement" means any...

Section 98A.002. Liability - Sec. 98A.002. LIABILITY. (a) A defendant is liable to a...

Section 98A.003. Damages - Sec. 98A.003. DAMAGES. (a) A claimant who prevails in a...

Section 98A.004. Cause of Action Cumulative - Sec. 98A.004. CAUSE OF ACTION CUMULATIVE. The cause of action...

Section 98A.005. Joint and Several Liability - Sec. 98A.005. JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY. A person who engages...

Section 98A.006. Liberal Construction and Application - Sec. 98A.006. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION. This chapter shall be...

Chapter 98B - Unlawful Disclosure or Promotion of Intimate Visual Material

Section 98B.001. Definitions - Sec. 98B.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Intimate parts," "promote,"...

Section 98B.002. Liability for Unlawful Disclosure or Promotion of Certain Intimate Visual Material - Sec. 98B.002. LIABILITY FOR UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OR PROMOTION OF CERTAIN...

Section 98B.003. Damages - Sec. 98B.003. DAMAGES. (a) A claimant who prevails in a...

Section 98B.004. Injunctive Relief - Sec. 98B.004. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. (a) A court in which a...

Section 98B.005. Cause of Action Cumulative - Sec. 98B.005. CAUSE OF ACTION CUMULATIVE. The cause of action...

Section 98B.006. Jurisdiction - Sec. 98B.006. JURISDICTION. A court has personal jurisdiction over a...

Section 98B.007. Liberal Construction and Application; Certain Conduct Excepted - Sec. 98B.007. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION; CERTAIN CONDUCT EXCEPTED. (a)...

Chapter 99 - Liability for Manufacture of Methamphetamine

Section 99.001. Applicability - Sec. 99.001. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to a person...

Section 99.002. Strict Liability for Damages Arising From Manufacture - Sec. 99.002. STRICT LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES ARISING FROM MANUFACTURE. A...

Section 99.003. Strict Liability and Minimum Damages for Exposure - Sec. 99.003. STRICT LIABILITY AND MINIMUM DAMAGES FOR EXPOSURE. A...

Section 99.004. Joint and Several Liability - Sec. 99.004. JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY. A person who manufactures...

Section 99.005. Chapter 33 Does Not Apply - Sec. 99.005. CHAPTER 33 DOES NOT APPLY. Chapter 33 does...

Section 99.006. No Limitation on Exemplary Damages - Sec. 99.006. NO LIMITATION ON EXEMPLARY DAMAGES. Section 41.008(b) does...

Chapter 100 - Use of Force in Defense of Commercial Nuclear Power Plants

Section 100.001. Affirmative Defense - Sec. 100.001. AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE. It is an affirmative defense to...

Chapter 100A - Limited Liability for Space Flight Activities

Section 100A.001. Definitions - Sec. 100A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Launch" means a...

Section 100A.002. Limited Liability - Sec. 100A.002. LIMITED LIABILITY. (a) Except as provided by this...

Section 100A.003. Warning Required - Sec. 100A.003. WARNING REQUIRED. (a) A space flight participant must...

Section 100A.004. Agreement Effective and Enforceable - Sec. 100A.004. AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE AND ENFORCEABLE. (a) Except as provided...

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Texas Statutes Civil Practice and Remedies Code Title 4 - Liability in Tort

Texas Statutes
Civil Practice and Remedies Code
Title 4 - Liability in Tort