Professional Negligence Law and Legal Definition
Professional negligence or malpractice is defined as “the failure of one rendering professional services to exercise that degree of skill and learning commonly applied under all the circumstances in the community by the average prudent reputable member of the profession with the result of injury, loss, or damage to the recipient of those services.”
Legal Definition list
- Professional Model Product
- Professional Liability Insurance
- Professional Guardian
- Professional Engineer(PE)
- Professional Employer Organization (PEO)
- Professional Negligence
- Professional Negotiation Program
- Professional or Vocational Objective [Vocational Rehabilitation and Education]
- Professional Reinsurer
- Professional Responsibility Advisory Office [Department of Justice]
- Professional Review Action [Health Care]
Related Legal Terms
- Accountants Professional Liability Insurance
- Accounting Professional Standards
- Active Negligence
- Allied Health Professionals
- American Board of Professional Psychology [ABPP]
- Anti-Contact Rule [Lawyers Professional Responsibility]
- Calculus of Negligence
- Casual Negligence
- Code of Professional Responsibility
- Common Law Actionable Negligence