This Tort includes professional negligence.

This Tort includes professional negligence.

• A. Intentional Torts
• B. Unintentional Torts
• C. Medical Malpractice
• D. Negligence

Answer: (B)

Torts are civil wrongs that can occur either on purpose or by accident. When harm results from failing to meet a reasonable standard of care, without intent to harm, it’s called negligence. Professionals, including nurses, are held to a standard of care in their field; if they fall short and someone is harmed, that’s an unintentional tort. Professional negligence is a type of negligence—a specific form of an unintentional tort. Medical malpractice is a concrete example of professional negligence, but the broader category that includes professional negligence is unintentional torts. If the harm were intentional, the case would fall under intentional torts, not this category.

Torts are civil wrongs that can occur either on purpose or by accident. When harm results from failing to meet a reasonable standard of care, without intent to harm, it’s called negligence. Professionals, including nurses, are held to a standard of care in their field; if they fall short and someone is harmed, that’s an unintentional tort.

Professional negligence is a type of negligence—a specific form of an unintentional tort. Medical malpractice is a concrete example of professional negligence, but the broader category that includes professional negligence is unintentional torts. If the harm were intentional, the case would fall under intentional torts, not this category.