Chapter 8 Preexisting Conditions; Future Disease, Defect, and Damage; Loss of a Chance

Index

• Section 1 Recovery for Aggravation of Preexisting Conditions Generally
• Section 2 Pleading Aggravation of a Preexisting Condition
• Section 3 Jury Instructions and Aggravation of a Preexisting Condition
• Section 4 Aggravation of a Preexisting Condition and the Sudden Onset Doctrine
• Section 5 Aggravation of a Preexisting Condition and Contribution Under
• Section 6 No Recovery for Workplace Aggravation of Preexisting Condition (“New” Statutory Standard)
• Section 7 Recovery of Future Damages
• Section 8 Future Damages vs. Permanent Damages
• Section 9 Standards of Causation and Proof for Future Damages
• Section 10 Evidence From Plaintiff Alone
• Section 11 Sudden Onset Doctrine
• Section 12 Future Damages for Lost Wages vs. Future Damages for Lost Profits
• Section 13 Lost Chance Cases Generally
• Section 14 Causation in Loss of a Chance vs. Wrongful Death
• Section 15 Harm Suffered—Measure of Damages
• Section 16 Pleading Loss of a Chance
• Section 17 Statute of Limitations for Loss of a Chance
• Section 18 Nonmedical Negligence Cases
• Section 19 Damages—Elements
• Section 20 Role of Comparative Fault