| Malpractice insurance is a VERY big thing.  Vets don't get sued that often but even the best doctor usually gets sued a few times during the career.
 Hell one of my friends is a radiologist and all he did was look at an xray for a colleague (providing no official diagnosis) and is now being sued by that patient as part of a bigger suit.  To top it off ... the original suit is pretty baseless but they'll still likely get a settlement because that's how insurance settlements work.
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