HOW COMMON ARE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AGAINST DOCTORS ?‬‪“NJ Board of Medical Examiners receives around 1000 complaints per year”‬The Power of Licensing BoardsThe “thorn on the side” driving the ire of most doctors is, of course, malpractice lawsuits. A civil action, based on allegations only, brought by an attorney on behalf of a private party in a court of law, seeking monetary damages from that doctor’s insurer, is the most common scenario conjured up when one thinks of “malpractice”. These lawsuits are now so common that special judges are often assigned exclusively to their adjudication.