Liability оf the Medical Institution for Medical Malpractice and Liability Insurance

Medical errors are frequent in medical profession, especially having in mind the nature of this profession. In addition to the doctor himself or another medical worker (civil and criminal liability), the health institution where he is employed can also be held liable (exclusively civil liability) for medical error. In this case medical institution is responsible for the mistakes of its employees. Bearing in mind that compensation claims could be huge, liability insurance appears as a form of protection of the medical institution, as well as the patients. In the first part of the paper, the authors analyse the concept of medical error as a basic condition for the liability of a medical institution. In the second part, they analyse main issues of the medical institution liability, as well as liability insurance.