Malpractice

Tort law

Part of the common law series
Intentional torts
Assault · Battery · False imprisonment
Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED)
Consent · Necessity · Self defense
Property torts
Trespass · Conversion
Detinue · Replevin · Trover
Dignitary torts
Defamation · Invasion of privacy
Breach of confidence · Abuse of process
Malicious prosecution
Alienation of affections
Economic torts
Fraud · Tortious interference
Conspiracy · Restraint of trade
Nuisance
Public nuisance · Rylands v. Fletcher
Negligence
Duty of care · Standard of care
Proximate cause · Res ipsa loquitur
Calculus of negligence
Rescue doctrine · Duty to rescue
Specific kinds of negligence
Negligent infliction of emotional distress (NIED)
In employment · Entrustment
Malpractice
Duty to visitors
Trespassers · Licensees · Invitees
Attractive nuisance
Strict liability torts
Product liability · Ultrahazardous activity
Liability, defences, remedies
Comparative and contributory negligence
Last clear chance · Eggshell skull
Vicarious liability · Volenti non fit injuria
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio
Damages · Injunction
Common law
Contract law · Property law
Wills and trusts
Criminal law · Evidence

In law, malpractice is a type of negligence in which the misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance of a professional, under a duty to act, fails to follow generally accepted professional standards, and that breach of duty is the proximate cause of injury to a plaintiff who suffers damages. It is committed by a professional or her/his subordinates or agents on behalf of a client or patient that causes damages to the client or patient. Perhaps the most publicized forms are medical malpractice and legal malpractice by medical practitioners and lawyers respectively, though malpractice suits against accountants (Arthur Andersen) and investment advisors (Merrill Lynch) have featured in the news more recently.^{[citation needed]}