Acts of medical negligence often cause harm to patients. Negligence claims can arise situations such as poor communication by a healthcare professional, medical errors caused by doctors who were forced to work long hours by a hospital, poor sanitation and hygiene practices leading to healthcare-associated infections or sepsis, mistakes made in electronic health records, or egregious “never events” during surgery. Laboratory errors, pharmacy errors, and lack of informed consent can all lead to a medical malpractice claim. More