professional negligence
Practitioner's culpable failure
Professional negligence is the failure of a licensed practitioner—doctor, lawyer, accountant, engineer—to meet the standard of care expected in their field, resulting in harm to a client or patient.
It's the legal basis for malpractice claims: The surgeon was sued for professional negligence after leaving a sponge inside the patient.
The standard is what a reasonably competent professional in the same field would have done under similar circumstances.
- malpracticeHarmful professional negligence
- botched surgeryFailed medical procedure
- code of ethicsPrinciples governing professional conduct
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
tort · misrepresentation · breach of duty · causation · procedural error · restitution · whistleblowing · accountability · competence · omission · bad advice · statute of limitations · fiduciary duty · legal action · recklessness · punitive damages · arbitration · disciplinary measures
professional negligencedue diligence
Pre-transaction reasonable care
due care · reasonable care · best practices · standard of care · vigilance
professional negligenceprofessional misconduct
Ethics breach at work
fraud · gross misconduct · malfeasance · criminal conduct · willful misconduct
professional, profession, profess, professing, professed, professor, professorial, professionalism, professionally