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Malpractice Malpractice occurs when a professional, under a duty to act, fails to follow accepted professional standards and inflicts injury, causing harm to a patient or client. Malpractice is most often associated with medical mistakes, but it can happen in any professional setting and include accounting malpractice and legal malpractice. When medical malpractice occurs, it can cause horrific consequences. If a health care provider is negligent in his duties, it can lead to a variety of life-long health problems or even death. Accounting malpractice happens when an accountant or an accounting firm is negligent in its duties, such as not filing a tax return on time, resulting in harm to the client (which may include IRS fines). Legal malpractice is most often alleged when a lawyer or law firm misses filing deadlines with the court. In most law firms, the staff is responsible for ensuring that each case's deadlines are calendared and not missed, but it is the lawyer in charge that may be accused of malpractice if his client is harmed by his staff's sloppiness. Malpractice cases are complicated - it is not always easy to prove that malpractice has occurred. Talk to a local, affordable lawyer with no obligation to see if you have a case against a professional provider. |