Massachusetts Medical Malpractice
The basic definition of medical malpractice is an act or omission by a health care provider which deviates from accepted standards of practice in the medical community and causes injury to the patient.  Medical malpractice includes the acts and omissions of any medical care provider, including dentists, nurses, and therapists. Relying on vicarious liability, claims may also be brought against hospitals, clinics, or medical corporations for the mistakes of their employees.

In order to prove a claim, the plaintiff must prove three that the provider breached his/her duty of care towards the patient, (i.e. failed to do something that a reasonably prudent provider in the same field would have done under the same or similar circumstances, or did something that no reasonably prudent provider in the same field would have done under the same or similar circumstances) that that this breach caused loss or damage and that it is fair and reasonable to hold the defendant liable to pay damages for the harm caused by the malpractice.
 
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