Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 72.004 · Subchapter A. LIABILITY TO GUEST
OFFSET FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES PAID.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The owner or operator or his liability insurance carrier is entitled to an offset against any award made to the guest on a liability claim in an amount equal to the amount paid by the owner, operator, or insurance carrier for medical expenses of the guest.
(b) This section does not authorize a direct action against a liability insurance carrier.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.72.htm
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- sha256 18fdaa11781fae88ff99ecad60d91ef12bb66f909188d4f45a35c54b4a048156
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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