Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 74.201 · Subchapter E. RES IPSA LOQUITUR
APPLICATION OF RES IPSA LOQUITUR.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The common law doctrine of res ipsa loquitur shall only apply to health care liability claims against health care providers or physicians in those cases to which it has been applied by the appellate courts of this state as of August 29, 1977.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 10.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.74.htm
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