Professional Negligence

Professional negligence is when a person attempts to pass him or herself off as an expert and produces work or makes decisions that result in other people’s losses. This occurs when people begin practicing a profession without receiving the proper education, certification or experience. It can also happen when a person claims to specialize in a certain area, but doesn’t. Professional negligence cases happen with:

doctors
lawyers
architects
engineers
accountants
financial planners
construction site managers
surveyors

In typical professional negligence cases, the plaintiff has experienced a financial loss, property loss, or personal injury because of the person who claimed to be an expert.

For example, here is a list of possible scenarios:

a financial planner or investment banker fails to handle money correctly and loses it because he or she is ignorant of investment methods
a surveyor incorrectly surveys a property, which results in loss of money when the property is sold
an accountant gives incorrect tax advice, which results in an audit a loss of money
a lawyer loses a case due to having no experience with the type of law the case required, even though he/she claimed to be a specialist
a doctor practices without a license and fails to diagnose cancer

Cases in which doctors injure people because of professional negligence are usually first and foremost categorized as medical malpractice or hospital negligence cases (because the hospital employed someone who wasn’t properly certified or didn’t have adequate experience).

It is sometimes difficult to prove professional negligence. If you have been a victim of professional negligence, contact an attorney.

Home Accidents Commercial Accidents FDA Hazardous Exposure Intentional Injuries Medical Malpractice Negligence Owner Liability Police Related Injuries Product Liability Public Accidents Recreational Vehicle Accidents Vehicle/Traffic Accidents Work Accidents and Injuries Negligence Professional Negligence Wrongful Death Professional Negligence		Accidents Work Accidents and Injuries Vehicle/Traffic Accidents Owner Liability Negligence Product Liability Police Related Injuries Hazardous Exposure Medical Malpractice Commercial Accidents Public Accidents Intentional Injuries Recreational Vehicle Accidents FDA View All (13) Minimize Injuries Body and Limb Injury Head and Face Injuries Brain Injury Back Injury Burn Injury Heart and Lung Injury Injuries from Animals Children's Injuries Birth Injury Emotional Injuries Sexually Transmitted Diseases View All (11) Minimize Drug Injuries RotaShield Mirapex Protonix Mellaril Menactra Meningitis Vaccine Abilify Accolate Actonel Actos Accutane Depakote ACE Inhibitors Adderall Advair Advil Aldara Daypro Ambien Amiodarone Aptivus Aranesp Arava Darvon Aredia Aricept Avandia Avonex Darvocet Baycol Betaseron Bextra Bismacine Bitter Orange Campath Cardizem Celebrex Celexa Cipro Cleocin Clinipad Products Clozaril Complete Moisture Plus Concerta Cordarone Coreg Crestor Cylert Cymbalta Cytotec DES Dexedrine Dexatrim Dilantin Diltiazem Ditropan Dostinex Doxycycline Duract Duragesic Patch Effexor Elidel Enbrel Ephedra Epogen Estratest Evista Fen Phen Fleet Enema Fluoroquinolones Foradil Fosamax Gadolinium Geodon Gleevec Heparin Herceptin Hismanal Humira Interceed Intergel Ketek Lamictal Lamisil Larium Levaquin Levitra Levodopa Lexapro Lotronex Lunesta Luvox Lymerix Lyrica Macugen Meridia Metabolife Metadate Methazolamide Methylin Mifeprex Mobic Motrin Natrecor Neurontin NeutroSpec Nevirapine Nexium Norplant Novantrone NovoSeven Ortho Evra Patch Ortho Prefest OxyContin Pacerone Palladone Parlodel Paxil Permax Plavix Posicor PPA Premarin Premphase Prempro Prevacid Prilosec Procrit Propulsid Proton Pump Inhibitors Protopic Serentil Sinemet Prozac Raptiva Raxar Redux Reglan Relafen Relenza Remeron Remicade Reminyl ReNu Contact Solution ReNu MultiPlus Solution ReNu with MoistureLoc Requip Rezulin Risperdal Ritalin RotaTeq Seldane Serevent Seroquel Serzone Silicone Soriatane Sporanox Stadol Strattera Symbyax Tamiflu Tamoxifen Tasmar Tequin Terbutaline Thalidomide Thimerosal Third Generation DES Tiazac Trasylol Trileptal Tysabri Viagra Videx Vincristine Vioxx Wellbutrin Xenadrine Xigris Xolair Zelnorm Zerit Zevalin Zicam Zithromax Zoloft Zometa Zyban Zyprexa Botox View All (191) Minimize
Professional Negligence Professional negligence is when a person attempts to pass him or herself off as an expert and produces work or makes decisions that result in other people’s losses. This occurs when people begin practicing a profession without receiving the proper education, certification or experience. It can also happen when a person claims to specialize in a certain area, but doesn’t. Professional negligence cases happen with: doctors lawyers architects engineers accountants financial planners construction site managers surveyors In typical professional negligence cases, the plaintiff has experienced a financial loss, property loss, or personal injury because of the person who claimed to be an expert. For example, here is a list of possible scenarios: a financial planner or investment banker fails to handle money correctly and loses it because he or she is ignorant of investment methods a surveyor incorrectly surveys a property, which results in loss of money when the property is sold an accountant gives incorrect tax advice, which results in an audit a loss of money a lawyer loses a case due to having no experience with the type of law the case required, even though he/she claimed to be a specialist a doctor practices without a license and fails to diagnose cancer Cases in which doctors injure people because of professional negligence are usually first and foremost categorized as medical malpractice or hospital negligence cases (because the hospital employed someone who wasn’t properly certified or didn’t have adequate experience). It is sometimes difficult to prove professional negligence. If you have been a victim of professional negligence, contact an attorney.