Texas Personal Injury Statutes & Case Law (30 Guides)
Establishes the mandatory two-year filing deadline for personal injury, property conversion/damage, and wrongful…
Governs when Texas's 2-year statute of limitations clock is paused due to legal disability (under age 18 or…
Codifies Texas's modified comparative responsibility system, barring any recovery if a claimant is more than 50%…
Restricts the admissibility and recovery of past medical or health care expenses in Texas to the amount actually…
Provides a streamlined statutory affidavit procedure to prove that past medical charges were reasonable in amount…
Requires all evidence of lost wages, loss of earning capacity, or loss of pecuniary contributions in Texas…
Sets the 'clear and convincing evidence' standard for gross negligence, fraud, or malice, mandates a unanimous…
Governs civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles (over 10,000 lbs GVWR), mandating two-phase bifurcated…
Comprehensive statutory scheme governing all health care liability claims against Texas physicians, hospitals…
Establishes the statutory Wrongful Death cause of action for surviving spouses, children, and parents (§§…
Immunizes commercial property owners, mineral lease operators, and refinery owners from liability for injuries to…
Defines the narrow circumstances under which the State of Texas, counties, cities, school districts, and public…
Mandates proof of an economically and technologically feasible 'safer alternative design' (§ 82.005), shields…
Determines which of Texas's 254 counties is a proper forum for filing a personal injury lawsuit, and prohibits…
Contrasts the workers' compensation exclusive-remedy shield for subscribing Texas employers with the complete…
Mandates that every Texas automobile liability policy include UM/UIM and no-fault PIP coverages unless rejected…
Grants hospitals (upon inpatient admission within 72 hours) and small-county EMS providers (in counties of…
Abolishes the harsh common-law 'first-dollar' contractual subrogation rule for non-ERISA-preempted Texas health…
Landmark Texas doctrine holding that a liability insurer that negligently refuses a reasonable, unconditional…
Catalogs the core Texas traffic statutes governing following distance (§ 545.062), left turns (§ 545.152)…
Governs mandatory duties at the scene of a Texas collision, criminal penalties for hit-and-run, the 10-day filing…
Establishes the exclusive statutory cause of action against commercial alcohol providers that serve obviously…
Resolves the complex two-tier statutory conflict in Texas when a motorist or 18-wheeler strikes a cow, bull, or…
Lowers the legal duty owed by private landowners and governmental park operators to persons entering premises for…
Immunizes ranches, stables, rodeos, livestock shows, and working ranch owners from liability for injuries…
Governs residential landlord statutory duties to repair dangerous conditions affecting physical health or safety…
Details the procedural rules governing every Texas state-court personal injury lawsuit from initial pleading…
Explains the mandatory statutory intercepts and government reimbursement claims that must be cleared before any…
Synthesizes the Supreme Court of Texas's evidentiary standards for the four distinct categories of personal…
Explains how prejudgment interest accrues on past damages (but NEVER on future damages or exemplary damages) in…
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