Texas Jurisprudence Exam 2026
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS
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Can a patient successfully sue a No
doctor if there is no physician-
patient relationship?
If there is no prior physician-patient No
relationship, are you legally obliged
to respond to a call from a patient
for treatment?
Does being on call give rise to a No
physician-patient relationship?
How can one terminate a physician- 30 days written notice; must provide for
patient relationship, without emergency
abandonment if there is ongoing
treatment?
Does a physician's duty extend to Yes
the unborn child or potential
victims of an ill patient?
, What is "proximate cause"? 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
What are the two components of Cause-in-fact (but-for test) and foreseeability
proximate cause?
Does an expert witness have to be Yes
actively practicing medicine?
Does an expert witness have to Yes
know standards of care?
Does an expert witness have to Yes
have enough training to express an
opinion on whether standard of
care was provided?
Does an expert witness have to be No, board certified or eqivalent
board certified?
In a medical malpractice case, are Yes, with two exceptions
expert witnesses required?
In a medical malpractice setting, Res ipsa loquitur (e.g., amputation of wrong leg)
what 2 instances do not need and negligence per se (a law was broken)
expert testimony?
What are "exemplary damages"? Damages above compensatory designed to
punish the defendant and deter the behavior
Is there a cap to noneconomic $250,000 for physicians, $500,000 for hospitals
damages? How much?
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS
|FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS |RECENTLY
TESTING REAL EXAM QUESTIONS|VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS (100% CORRECT)
Save
Terms in this set (551)
Can a patient successfully sue a No
doctor if there is no physician-
patient relationship?
If there is no prior physician-patient No
relationship, are you legally obliged
to respond to a call from a patient
for treatment?
Does being on call give rise to a No
physician-patient relationship?
How can one terminate a physician- 30 days written notice; must provide for
patient relationship, without emergency
abandonment if there is ongoing
treatment?
Does a physician's duty extend to Yes
the unborn child or potential
victims of an ill patient?
, What is "proximate cause"? 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
What are the two components of Cause-in-fact (but-for test) and foreseeability
proximate cause?
Does an expert witness have to be Yes
actively practicing medicine?
Does an expert witness have to Yes
know standards of care?
Does an expert witness have to Yes
have enough training to express an
opinion on whether standard of
care was provided?
Does an expert witness have to be No, board certified or eqivalent
board certified?
In a medical malpractice case, are Yes, with two exceptions
expert witnesses required?
In a medical malpractice setting, Res ipsa loquitur (e.g., amputation of wrong leg)
what 2 instances do not need and negligence per se (a law was broken)
expert testimony?
What are "exemplary damages"? Damages above compensatory designed to
punish the defendant and deter the behavior
Is there a cap to noneconomic $250,000 for physicians, $500,000 for hospitals
damages? How much?
