Insurance could help protect yourself, your home and your family. It has played a crucial role in making financial security accessible to more people. However, specific individuals might take advantage of this demand to advance their selfish interests. Unfortunately,...
Professional Malpractice
What are the most common claims against architects?
When you employ an architect to do design work for you, or you buy a property that has recently been built, you expect the work to be carried out to a high standard. The preciseness of what they do is important and a failure to complete the work to a level of accuracy...
What does real estate agent malpractice look like?
Many real estate agents are consummate professionals. They follow the legal and ethical requirements of their profession. Others, sadly, are not nearly as careful. Buying and selling Florida real estate – whether it’s a home or a commercial property – can involve a...
Should you look for a new accountant?
You’re a creative type, a visionary and an enthusiastic entrepreneur – but you know your limits. When it comes to your growing business, you can’t handle everything at once, so you put your faith (and your financial books) in the hands of a trusty accountant. Was your...
When can a CPA be guilty of malpractice?
Many people think of “malpractice” as something that applies only to doctors. However, people in a number of professions can be guilty of malpractice when they violate the law and/or the standards of their profession and cause harm to a client. Among those...
Was it really malpractice if the outcome wasn’t ideal?
A patient comes to you for medical care, and you try to help them. Perhaps you're a surgeon who carries out an operation or a dermatologist who attempts to remove a patch of skin cancer from someone's forehead. Naturally, you're going to do your best with their care....
Is it malpractice when a patient has a poor outcome?
Medical malpractice cases are a very complicated sort of professional malpractice because there is so much at stake. A patient's very livelihood can change forever, and some of these cases can even be fatal. The ramifications are just so serious that every aspect of...
What constitutes dental malpractice?
Most of us have no idea what our dentist is doing when they’re poking and prodding the inside of our mouth. Even when they try to explain why we need a procedure done, we often take their word for it because we have so little knowledge of what goes into our dental...
Professional malpractice: In which industries do most malpractice cases occur?
Professionals in all types of industries have a responsibility to their clients -- especially when those clients rely on them for accurate information and guidance. While “malpractice” is a term that most people associate with the medical profession alone, the reality...
When can parents consider a “wrongful birth” lawsuit?
As a doctor monitors an expectant mother’s health and that of her unborn child, they have an obligation to tell them of any potential complications with the pregnancy. These days, doctors are able to watch closely as a fetus develops. That means they can often...

