{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-74.201","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 74.201","heading":"APPLICATION OF RES IPSA LOQUITUR.","body":"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.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 10.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 4. LIABILITY IN TORT","CHAPTER 74. MEDICAL LIABILITY","SUBCHAPTER E. RES IPSA LOQUITUR"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.74.htm#74.201","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"879a7ffdb761280ac5bc4c7df1f1b23a6c893001caba4b89a0ecefe6be82915a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-74.155","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-74.251"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}