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malpractice

[mal-prak-tis] / mælˈpræk tɪs /


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In both instances, the Eagles and Commanders committed strategic malpractice and paid the price by not walking off the field with a victory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Patients, their families and lawyers have complained that Kaiser’s private and confidential system of handling medical malpractice complaints is designed to favor the health plan over those bringing the claims.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Thurman has an ongoing lawsuit against Ascension Seton Williamson and the other hospital, Ascension Seton Highland Lakes, for medical malpractice.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Are there grounds for a legal malpractice claim or professional misconduct?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

After he lost the malpractice lawsuit—his first, and a big shock to him I now realize—he started pushing me to make decisons.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

In October 2025, Seoul apologised for the first time for state-sanctioned malpractices, saying "unjust human rights violations" were committed.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

It all started in 2015 when accounting malpractices across multiple divisions came to light, with many of them involving top management.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2023

There was one rural hospital, the site of various malpractices.

From Salon ● May 3, 2022

“We found exactly the same malpractices in exactly the same districts in 2018 as we did the year before,” Klimek says.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 30, 2018

This was a state of things which readily lent itself to malpractices.

From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Herbert Joyce


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