Professional Malpractice

This is FindLaw’s collection of Professional Malpractice articles, part of the Litigation and Disputes section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Malpractice law provides the rules and procedures for holding professionals responsible for the harm that results from their carelessness. People depend on doctors, lawyers, accountants, and other experts to perform their jobs prudently. All states provide a means for malpractice victims to pursue recourse, but some jurisdictions place caps on the amount of money a victim can recover. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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Professional Malpractice Articles

Fibromyalgia Syndrome

1. WHAT IS FIBROMYALGIA? Fibromyalgia syndrome is a common form of generalized muscular pain and fatigue that is believed to affect approximately 2% of the U.S. population, or 5 million people. The name fibromyalgia means pain in the muscles and the ...
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Failure to Diagnose Cancer

Many victims of cancer contemplate or question the time frame within which they were diagnosed with cancer and the dates or time of treatment with different medical professionals. Those individuals concerned with whether their condition was timely ...
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Exceptions for Specific Delivery Systems and Health Care Providers and Suppliers

The proposed Stark II regulations have also carved out specific exceptions for certain providers and suppliers of health care goods and services.The statute has a specific exception for all financial relationships with certain "pre-paid plans" which ...
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Examining Physicians Have A Duty To Exercise Reasonable Professional Care

While the court did not intend to impose upon the examining physician the same duty owed to the traditional patient, the examiner will be subject to third party liability if the professional fails to diagnose a condition for which the claimant ...
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Enron

Spring is in the air, the sap is rising, and so are the howls of moral outrage over the Enron fiasco. There are few things more entertaining than misplaced righteous indignation. "Your ship is going down and you're going to be lashed to the mast ...
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HIPAA and WiFi: Regulatory Tangles for Wireless Health Care Networks

New uses for wireless devices in health care administration, practice management, and clinical care are heralded almost daily in the health care press. Wireless networks are being deployed to allow physicians and nurses to access patient records ...
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Criminal Liability for Medical Judgment

An attorney, ignorant of significant changes in the law, gives erroneous advice to a client. The client relies on that advice and sustains a major financial loss. An engineer, returning to work after having a few drinks at lunch, seriously ...
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Courting Disaster

Our neo-con friends are at it again, all for our own good, mind you. Before we all chip in to send them thanks, let's take a moment to reflect on the next "best thing" they wish to visit upon us. Recently, they have begun circulating a pet proposal ...
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Common Hospital Errors

This information is provided by The Law Office of Robert H. Kleinschmidt, P.C. Please visit our Web site. In a 1999 study conducted by the Institute of Medicine, entitled “To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System”, the authors discovered ...
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Civil Claims By Survivors of Sexual Abuse

There are some adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse who could successfully bring claims to recover money damages from the persons who caused them harm. In addition, claims can be brought by parents on behalf of their children who have been ...
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