Sentence examples for liable for malpractice from inspiring English sources

Mr. Dudine added that accountants, lawyers, brokers and other professionals could be liable for malpractice in one-fifth of the cases.

Mr. Coffee said the jury had found that investment bankers, like doctors in medical matters, play a pivotal role in mergers and can be liable for malpractice.

For instance, a lawyer or doctor who negligently gives bad advice may be found liable for malpractice, and licensing requirements for professionals may be restrictive.

Because medical malpractice is actionable under state law, the definition of a healthcare provider who may be liable for malpractice varies from state to state.

"You work for Arthur Andersen, you commit malpractice, you are liable for that malpractice.

The judgment, reached on Friday after a three-week trial in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, found the doctors, Zeki Uygur, Richard M. Bergland and Warren Betty, along with the Staten Island Medical Group, liable for medical malpractice in their treatment of Ms. Meyers.

Likewise, the main beneficiaries of the shield against lawsuits will be fraudsters and medical quacks who currently are liable for medical malpractice under state law.

The recent suit against the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital was defended upon the decision of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, that if a hospital had exercised due dilligence in selecting skillful and careful medical men for the treatment of its patients, it was not liable for any malpractice of which these men might be guilty.

In 1999, the city was liable for $118 million for judgments in malpractice cases, the highest expenditure among any type of city claims that year.

"H.M.O.'s should be held liable for consumer complaints, errors and medical malpractice," he said.

Failing that, they can sue for malpractice.