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TEXAS JURISPRUDENCE EXAM
(CHAPTER 1-4) | QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWER S | LATEST
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Question : Can a patient successfully sue a doctor if there
is no physician-patient relationship?
CORRECT ANSWER : No
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Question : If there is no prior physician-patient
relationship, are you legally obliged to respond to a call from a patient for treatment?
CORRECT ANSWER : No
Question : Does being on call give rise to a physician-
patient relationship?
CORRECT ANSWER : No
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Question : How can one terminate a physician-patient
relationship, without abandonment if there is ongoing treatment?
CORRECT ANSWER : 30 days written notice; must
provide for emergency
Question : Does a physician's duty extend to the unborn
child or potential victims of an ill patient?
CORRECT ANSWER : Yes
Question : What is "proximate cause"?
CORRECT ANSWER : Prove that negligence caused
harm and that the cause was not too remote; what is required to hold a defendant liable in a civil lawsuit
Question : What are the two components of proximate
cause?
CORRECT ANSWER : Cause-in-fact (but-for test) and
foreseeability
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Question : Does an expert witness have to be actively
practicing medicine?
CORRECT ANSWER : Yes
Question : Does an expert witness have to know standards
of care?
CORRECT ANSWER : Yes
Question : Does an expert witness have to have enough
training to express an opinion on whether standard of care was provided?
CORRECT ANSWER : Yes
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Question : Does an expert witness have to be board
certified?
CORRECT ANSWER : No, board certified or eqivalent
Question : In a medical malpractice case, are expert
witnesses required?
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CORRECT ANSWER : Yes, with two exceptions
Question : In a medical malpractice setting, what 2
instances do not need expert testimony?
CORRECT ANSWER : Res ipsa loquitur (e.g.,
amputation of wrong leg) and negligence per se (a law was broken)
Question : What are "exemplary damages"?
CORRECT ANSWER : Damages above compensatory
designed to punish the defendant and deter the behavior
Question : Is there a cap to noneconomic damages? How
much?
CORRECT ANSWER : $250,000 for physicians,
$500,000 for hospitals
Question : Does the cap on noneconomic damage depend
on the number of defendants or claimants?