Medical Malpractice is defined as the negligent care a doctor provides for his or her patient. A medical malpractice case occurs when the victim of medical malpractice files a claim against their physician on the basis of negligent care. There are many types of medical malpractice. Cerebral palsy is "brought against a physician for mistakes that lead to cerebral palsy." This is when an infant obtains brain damage due to the failure of physicians to diagnose elements such as " metabolic conditions, Rh incompatibility, oxygen shortage, and other problems associated with labor." Breast Cancer accounted for about 40% of all medical malpractice lawsuits in 1999 due to physicians over looking x-rays and not believing a patient when she says she has symptoms. Other types include wrongful death, nursing home abuse and Medication Errors, where physicians "handwritten prescriptions are illegible" resulting in the wrong medicines being administered. (Medical Malpractice Attorneys)

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