forensic: negligence
A failure to exercise reasonable care that leads to (or is the proximate cause of) injury when a duty of reasonable care is owed. Malpractice is negligence by a professional.*
Also: professional liability
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*Committee on Psychiatry and Law, of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry The Mental Health Professional and the Legal System Paperback 1992 American Psychiatric Press