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2. Medical malpractice - Wikipedia

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   The negligence might arise from errors in diagnosis, treatment, aftercare or health management. An act of medical malpractice usually has three characteristics. Firstly, it must be proven that the treatment has not been consistent with the standard of care , which is the standard medical treatment accepted and recognized by the profession.

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. Barnett v Chelsea & Kensington Hospital Management Committee

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   The casualty officer, Dr. Banerjee, did not see them. He advised the nurse, over the phone, that they should go home and call their own doctors. One of them, Mr. Barnett, died about five hours later from arsenic poisoning. [2] [1] Mrs. Barnett sued the hospital for negligence. [2]

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

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   The case was filed in Dane County Circuit Court on Wednesday.

7. Lawsuit alleges New York doctor died of allergic reaction ...

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   The husband of a New York doctor has filed a lawsuit alleging she died of an allergic reaction at Disney World and accusing the Florida resort and a restaurant where she dined of negligence.