Medical malpractice occurs when doctors, nurses, aides, assistants, and other medical workers provide a substandard treatment to a patient. This can occur due to procedural mistakes, carelessness, or other professional failings in many different settings, from doctors’ offices to emergency rooms.  According to the National Academy of Sciences, approximately 98,000 Americans die from medical errors and misconduct each year. Hundreds of thousands of others are injured annually as a result of preventable mistreatment.