Medical malpractice occurs when a patient is injured or harmed as a result of poor medical treatment or a mistaken diagnosis on the part of a doctor, nurse, technician, or medical provider. It’s essentially an incident during which a healthcare professional has failed to do what a reasonably careful and competent professional would have done in a similar situation with similar circumstances. The Four Most Common Bases for Filing a Malpractice Claim When malpractice occurs, victims have an opportunity to pursue a claim. Some people choose to do so and others don’t. Of the people who do, here are the…