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31 Document(s) [ Subject: Damage awards ]

Committee:

House Financial Institutions, 72nd R.S. (1991)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Banks and banking | Damage awards | Department of Banking, Texas | Funeral industry | Liability | Savings and Loans |

Library Call Number:

L1836.72 f249 H

Description:

[62 pages File size: 2,444 kb]

Charges:
1. Study the limitation of punitive or exemplary damages against banks as lenders.
2. Study the creation of limited banking associations.
3. Study federally mandated interstate branching and its potential impact of deposit concentration and deployment on Texas communities and on the Texas economy in general.
4. Study the creation of state savings banks in Texas.
5. Study the withdrawal of funds collected on contracts for prepaid funeral benefits.
Committee:

House Judiciary, 71st R.S. (1989)

Title:

Interim report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Court reform | Damage awards | Judicial districts | Judicial elections | Judicial selection | Liens |

Library Call Number:

L1836.71 j899

Description:

[118 pages File size: 4,431 kb]

Charges:
1. To monitor all activities and to have budget oversight responsibilities for those agencies, boards and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 20.
2. To study the feasibility of a Uniform Construction Lien Act.
3. To study the feasibility of single-member judicial districts in large urban counties.
4. To study the impact of depositing a designated portion of exemplary damage awards to the State's General Revenue Fund.
5. To study judicial selection alternatives, including non-partisan appointments, and merit selection methods.
Committee:

House Judiciary, 68th R.S. (1983)

Title:

Interim report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Alternative dispute resolution | Attorney General of Texas | Damage awards | Divorce | Interest rates | Juvenile justice system | Law Examiners, Texas Board of | State Bar of Texas | Statutory revision |

Library Call Number:

L1836.68 j898

Description:

[115 pages File size: 3,481 kb]

Charges:
1. To monitor all activities and have budget oversight responsibilities for those agencies, boards and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 18.
2. To study the necessity and desirability of revising Title 3 of the Family Code to conform with the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.
3. To study the adversarial system of adjudicating divorce and related issues, and possible available alternatives to that system.
4. To study the organization, administration, and procedures of the Office of the Attorney General.
5. To study the funding, procedures, and processes of the Board of Law Examiners, and a review of the qualifications necessary for admittance to the State Bar.
6. To study the necessity and desirability of allowing prejudgment interest in civil suits.
Committee:

Senate Jurisprudence, 65th R.S. (1977)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Alternatives to incarceration | Courts | Damage awards | Halfway houses | Liability | Peace officers | Police misconduct | Police officers | Railroad crossings |

Library Call Number:

L1836.65 j979r

Description:

[122 pages File size: 4,327 kb]

Charges:
1. Study the advisability of establishing community-based programs and facilities in this state as an additional alternative to incarceration in the state prison.
2. Study, assess, and evaluate the dangers posed by railroad grade crossings.
3. Conduct a study of product safety and liability problems in the State of Texas.
4. Study the court administration in Texas. Recommend ways to make the court system more efficient and effective. *
5. Study the adequacy of current laws to prevent the abuse of power by peace officers. *
Committee:

Senate Jurisprudence, 65th R.S. (1977)

Title:

Miscellaneous Bills in Committee

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

L1803.9 J979 65

Description:

[8 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Interim report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Damage award caps | Damage awards | Insurance rates | Medical liability insurance | Tort reform |

Library Call Number:

L1836.64 p96st

Description:

[0 pages]

Charges:
1. The commission shall make specific recommendations, including proposed legislation to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker, Legislative Council and members of the Legislature on or before December 1, 1976. The report shall offer specific recommendations regarding the professional liability problem. In addition, the report shall include, but not be limited to, discussions of the following topics: (1) the scope and extent of the medical professional liability problem; (2) reasons for the increase in such claims; (3) effects of the rise in such claims on physicians and health care providers, including the increased use of defensive medicine and increased premium costs; (4) effect of claims increase on patients, including increased costs; (5) alternative approaches and proposed solutions to this problem; (6) review of comparable law on compensation commissions, arbitration panels, screening panels and recommendations regarding use; (7) review of existing and proposed laws governing compensation and the amount of compensation to patients, including the time within which claims may be brought and the elements of loss for which compensation may be recovered; (8) the existing tort law in the area of concern and recommendations for change, if any; (9) any other matters or procedures which the Commission considers relevant to its report.
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Interim Report

Document type:

Report

Subjects:

Damage award caps | Damage awards | Insurance rates | Medical liability insurance | Tort reform |

Library Call Number:

M840.3 R299

Description:

[218 pages File size: 8,433 kb]

Charges:
1. The commission shall make specific recommendations, including proposed legislation to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker, Legislative Council and members of the Legislature on or before December 1, 1976. The report shall offer specific recommendations regarding the professional liability problem. In addition, the report shall include, but not be limited to, discussions of the following topics: (1) the scope and extent of the medical professional liability problem; (2) reasons for the increase in such claims; (3) effects of the rise in such claims on physicians and health care providers, including the increased use of defensive medicine and increased premium costs; (4) effect of claims increase on patients, including increased costs; (5) alternative approaches and proposed solutions to this problem; (6) review of comparable law on compensation commissions, arbitration panels, screening panels and recommendations regarding use; (7) review of existing and proposed laws governing compensation and the amount of compensation to patients, including the time within which claims may be brought and the elements of loss for which compensation may be recovered; (8) the existing tort law in the area of concern and recommendations for change, if any; (9) any other matters or procedures which the Commission considers relevant to its report.
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Newsletter

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.6 n477 1976-1976

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Maximum limitations on the amount of damages in medical malpractice actions

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 m45

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Grievance procedures of the Texas Medical Association

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 G874

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Arbitration - an introduction

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 ar16

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Present categories of recovery for personal injury

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 p926

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Staff report on screening panels

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 r299s

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Report to the All-industry Committee Special Malpractice Review: 1974 closed claim survey preliminary analysis of survey results

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 r299a

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Issue: altering the structure and function of the Board of Medical Examiners

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 is7

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Issue: physician relicensure and continuing medical education

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 P569

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Patients' compensation funds issue areas

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 p273

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Reaction to crisis: a state by state review of medical malpractice legislation enacted in 1975

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 r22

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Statement of policy of the State Bar of Texas regarding medical malpractice

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 b23

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Statute of limitations

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 st29l

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

The contingent fee system in medical malpractice cases

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 c767

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

A critical analysis of two elements of the law of damages for personal injury

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 c869

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Medical quality and patient outcomes: malpractice in perspective

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 m468

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

A report on the constitutionality of a proposed limitation on awards for pain and suffering

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 r299c

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

A brief description of some rating systems for insurance regulation

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 r189

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

The medical malpractice insurance pricing problem in Texas: an economic perspective

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 m468i

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Hospital licensure and certification

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 h794

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Medical malpractice insurance underwriting results in Texas

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 m468u

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Medical malpractice insurance rates in Texas

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 m468r

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

Total limits claim severities for medical malpractice insurance in Texas.

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 t64

Description:

[0 pages]
Committee:

Joint Medical Professional Liability, 64th R.S. (1975)

Title:

The reporting of malpractice suits to the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners

Document type:

Supporting document

Library Call Number:

M840.8 r299m 10/76

Description:

[0 pages]

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