Ashcraft + Garel Hour (Legal)

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It is likely that no other field of civil litigation has done more to improve the life style of American citizens than medical malpractice litigation. Health care in the United States is among the best in the world, and this is in large part due to the scrutiny placed upon the medical field by malpractice litigation. The law of medical malpractice is an outgrowth of the general body of negligence law. It is applicable to all suits against medical professionals for negligence in the rendition of medical services to their patients. At common law, the duty of due care by medical professionals was deemed to have arisen out of the contractual obligations which are created when a patient contracts with a health care provider to perform health care services. Even though some jurisdictions still retain common law contractual concepts in dealing with medical malpractice issues, medical malpractice is now generally considered to be an independent action in tort, rather than in contract.
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