What is Malpractice?
Malpractice is, “Any professional misconduct, unreasonable lack of skill or fidelity in professional or fiduciary duties, evil practice, or illegal or immoral conduct.” (Black’s Law Dictionary 1111. 4th Ed. Rev. 1968). It refers to negligence or misconduct by a professional that eventually leads to a client or patient being injured or damaged.
Malpractice is commonly referenced in the medical sense. However, malpractice exists in other professions such as accounting and law. Medical malpractice may involve a doctor giving the wrong diagnosis or botching a surgery, resulting in direct harm. Legal malpractice could involve a lawyer mishandling a case due to incompetence or neglect, resulting in their client losing out on financial gains or wrongfully spending time in prison.
Malpractice cases are usually resolved with legal proceedings where the plaintiff seeks monetary compensation from the accused professional. They depend on the proof that the plaintiff was not only harmed, but that the malpractice by the professional was the direct cause. This process is meant to hold professionals accountable for their actions, and protect innocent individuals from the consequences of negligence and misconduct. In cases where professionals are found to commit malpractice, such as Gregory v. McInnis et al, they are often restricted from practicing in that specific field again.
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Philadelphia Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer
Our Philadelphia spinal cord injury lawyers at Munley Law have the knowledge, experience, successful track record, and resources to get you the compensation you deserve. There are no upfront costs for our representation — we can look over your spinal cord injury case with a no-obligation free consultation and help you decide the best path forward — contact us today.
How Can a Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer Help Me?
Spinal cord injuries are complex. Often, people do not properly seek the medical care needed at full capacity and do not realize the financial, physical, mental, and emotional long-term aftermath that spinal cord injuries create. At Munley Law Personal Injury Attorneys, our spinal cord injury lawyers are knowledgeable and experienced with what these cases entail, with the attention and care you and your family need.
A spinal cord injury attorney can help you the following ways:
- Interact with insurance companies and assist in filing and managing claims. […]
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Reading Catastrophic Injury Lawyer
If you are a victim of a catastrophic accident due to someone else’s negligence, the trauma from the accident can be overwhelming. The mental, physical, and financial stress can escalate quickly, and it is not the sort of thing that one prepares for. An experienced Reading catastrophic injury attorney is key to ensuring that you get the compensation necessary to help you and your family move forward after a catastrophic injury. Munley Law’s Reading catastrophic injury lawyers know that the time after an accident is the most difficult for catastrophic injury victims and their families, and we are here to fight for you and to support you. We are confident about our representation and our success rate, and we are compassionate about how financially vulnerable our clients feel.
What Are Catastrophic Injuries?
Catastrophic injuries affect your quality of life and are typically long-lasting, life-altering, […]
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Hazleton Medical Malpractice Lawyer
If you need a medical malpractice lawyer in Hazleton, Munley Law Personal Injury Attorneys is here for you.
We trust doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers with our lives and the lives of our loved ones, and expect that a trip to the hospital will make us better, not worse. Unfortunately, medical malpractice is the third leading cause of death in the United States. Healthcare professionals make careless mistakes that severely injure patients every single day. These errors can have grave consequences. Victims often suffer infections, require additional procedures and surgeries, lose their ability to work, incur expensive hospital bills, and sometimes even die because of their medical providers’ malpractice.
At Munley Law Personal Injury Attorneys, we understand the pain and uncertainty surrounding a catastrophic injury caused by a doctor’s negligent mistakes. That’s why our Medical Malpractice Team has spent more than 60 years fighting for victims and their families. […]
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Carbondale Catastrophic Injury Lawyer
We help those who have suffered catastrophic injuries. Call our Carbondale catastrophic injury lawyers today.
Any time an act of negligence causes an injury, the victim deserves justice. But in the event of a catastrophic injury, the stakes are even higher. Catastrophic injuries often occur suddenly and without warning. They can change your life for a long time, even permanently. They can prevent you from working and from living your life. A catastrophic accident can place an incredible strain on you and your entire family. But you can take your life back by filing a catastrophic injury lawsuit.
The Carbondale catastrophic injury lawyers at Munley Law can help you. We have been helping people in Carbondale since 1959. Unlike most personal injury law firms, we dedicate a significant portion of our practice to cases involving catastrophic and life-threatening injuries. When it matters most, […]
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How Long Does It Take to Recover From a Traumatic Brain Injury?
Traumatic Brain Injuries: The Long Road to Recovery
Being involved in a car crash, a fall, or other serious accident is scary and traumatizing. It is common for victims to go into shock, either physical or psychological, immediately following the accident. Therefore, when initially looking for injuries, it is easy to look for the visible: broken bones, cuts, scrapes, bruising, etc. Traumatic brain injuries, however, are oftentimes not visible to the naked eye but still accounted for 61,000 deaths in 2019 alone. A plethora of complications from traumatic brain injuries, ranging from minor cognitive delays to debilitating and life-threatening symptoms such as seizures and coma, can follow the victim for years after the injury. You need to know that brain injury recovery time can take anywhere from a few weeks to ten years.
In this post, we will explore what exactly a traumatic brain injury is, […]
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