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• Texas Car Accident Negligence and Liability

  Staff Writer | December 30, 2005 11:07 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Automobile negligence and liability is an area of the law for which Texas has no specific legislation. Cases dealing with this subject matter are forced to rely on the common law and case law for negligence. A driver of an automobile generally owes a duty of care to other drivers, pedestrians or anything that may be affected by the operation of that vehicle. The operator of a motor vehicle...

• Caps On Medical Malpractice

  Staff Writer | December 28, 2005 11:14 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  In Texas, the legislature has placed caps on medical liability. Effectively, there is now a cap of $250,000 per claimant on non-economic damage awards in cases involving health care providers or an individual health. The limit applies regardless of the number of providers involved or the number of issues upon which the claim is based. If the claim involves several institutions, the cap is $...