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Viability Of The Discovery Rule As A Criterion To Determine When A Cause Of Action Accrues In Medical Malpractice Actions., Glory Sturiale Mar 1973

Viability Of The Discovery Rule As A Criterion To Determine When A Cause Of Action Accrues In Medical Malpractice Actions., Glory Sturiale

St. Mary's Law Journal

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An Appeal From Judgment Entered Pursuant To Texas Rule Of Civil Procedure 174(B), Separate Trials, Is Interlocutory And There Is No Basis For Treating An Order For A Separate Trial As An Order Of Severance., James A. Smith Mar 1970

An Appeal From Judgment Entered Pursuant To Texas Rule Of Civil Procedure 174(B), Separate Trials, Is Interlocutory And There Is No Basis For Treating An Order For A Separate Trial As An Order Of Severance., James A. Smith

St. Mary's Law Journal

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Informing A Jury Of The Legal Effect Of Its Answers., James G. Denton Mar 1970

Informing A Jury Of The Legal Effect Of Its Answers., James G. Denton

St. Mary's Law Journal

Limiting jury consideration to facts, as opposed to the outcome, best serves special issue systems. The purpose of the special issues system is to ensure juries answer the presented questions without bias or prejudice. Though several writers have persuasively advocated for advising juries of the consequences of their findings, doing so seems to undermine the purpose of special issue systems because it allows for juries to answer questions with reference to their desired outcome. To ensure juries answer issues on the facts alone, trial judges should not give a jury, directly or indirectly, any information that may apprise them of …


Continuing Problems Of Travel And Transportation., Leslie H. Williams Jr. Mar 1969

Continuing Problems Of Travel And Transportation., Leslie H. Williams Jr.

St. Mary's Law Journal

The Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act works to protect employees against the risk or hazard of performing their job and compensates that employee for injuries sustained in the course of employment. In 1957, after an increasing number of travel-oriented injuries involving scope of employment, the legislature amended the Act to limit judicial interpretation. This amendment added subsection b to section 1 of article 8309 to clarify the rules created from recent caselaw. Section 1b reconciled and enumerated four exceptions to the common law rule that an injury which occurs during the use of public streets or highways while traveling to and …


The Two Year Statute Of Limitations Is Tolled By The Defendant's Absence From The State After The Accrual Of The Action, Notwithstanding The Availability Of A Statute Providing For Substitute Service Of Process., Joe M. Westheimer Jr. Mar 1969

The Two Year Statute Of Limitations Is Tolled By The Defendant's Absence From The State After The Accrual Of The Action, Notwithstanding The Availability Of A Statute Providing For Substitute Service Of Process., Joe M. Westheimer Jr.

St. Mary's Law Journal

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Manufactured Diversity Of Citizenship By Which An Out-Of-State Guardian Was Selected To Prosecute The Suit Of A Resident Minor, Did Not Constitute An Adequate Foundation For Federal Jurisdiction., Dennis J. Healey Mar 1969

Manufactured Diversity Of Citizenship By Which An Out-Of-State Guardian Was Selected To Prosecute The Suit Of A Resident Minor, Did Not Constitute An Adequate Foundation For Federal Jurisdiction., Dennis J. Healey

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.