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2. Medical malpractice - Wikipedia

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   In common law jurisdictions, medical malpractice liability is normally based on the tort of negligence. [3]Although the law of medical malpractice differs significantly between nations, as a broad general rule liability follows when a health care practitioner does not show a fair, reasonable and competent degree of skill when providing medical care to a patient. [3]

3. Medical malpractice in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Doctors' groups, patients, and insurance companies have criticized medical malpractice litigation as expensive, adversarial, unpredictable, and inefficient. They claim that the cost of medical malpractice litigation in the United States has steadily increased at almost 12 percent annually since 1975. [ 26 ]

4. United States tort law - Wikipedia

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   Most Americans are under the impression that most people can sue for any type of negligence, but it is untrue in most US jurisdictions (partly because negligence is one of the few torts for which ordinary people can and do obtain liability insurance.) [citation needed] It is a form of extracontractual liability that is based upon a failure to ...

5. Two Pasadena doctors accused of overprescribing ... - AOL

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   The Medical Board accused her of gross negligence, repeated negligent acts and failing to maintain adequate and accurate medical records, according to a petition the board filed in April.

6. Lawsuit alleges UW Hospital surgeons performed gender ... - AOL

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   The suit alleges malpractice and failure to obtain informed consent by both doctors, negligence by the hospital, discrimination under the Affordable Care Act against the doctors and the hospital ...

7. Prominent doctor accused of pushing pre-teen into puberty ...

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   Clementine Breen, now 20, filed a medical negligence lawsuit against Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy Thursday, claiming she was rushed into irreversible treatment to become male starting at age 12 ...

8. Malpractice - Wikipedia

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   Professional negligence actions require a professional relationship between the professional and the person claiming to have been injured by malpractice. [3] For example, to sue a lawyer for malpractice the person bringing the claim must have had an attorney-client relationship with the lawyer.

9. A patient died after a Florida doctor prescribed the wrong ...

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   READ MORE: A Florida doctor did a vasectomy on the wrong side, a state complaint says The American Board of Internal Medicine website says Agens has been board certified in internal medicine since ...