Chicago Professional Malpractice Lawyer

When a professional such as an accountant assumes the responsibility of performing a job for you, he or she is obligated to ensure your safety, by protecting you from additional and unnecessary harm from their services. This means that business owners are liable for any harm you might sustain. For professionals and business owners, liability falls into two categories:

• Negligence The accountant is negligent if he or she is carelessness in the preparation or review of financial documents, accounts or statements. A hospital is negligent if members of the staff fail to follow the necessary health and hygiene policies outlined by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ensure patient safety such as wearing protective clothing, the sterilization of routine equipment, cross-contamination, sanitation guidelines, etc.
• Malpractice Contrary to negligence, a professional as committed malpractice if he or she makes a professional error causing injury to the individual. For example, a lawyer has committed malpractice if he or she fails to file documents in a timely manner, fails to represent a client as set forth in the code of ethics, misuses client funds, fails to appear on behalf of a client, or general carelessness in the preparation or review of documents.