Editing Malpractice (section)

==Proof of malpractice==
Professional negligence actions require a professional relationship between the professional and the person claiming to have been injured by malpractice.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jacobs|first1=Douglas|title=Suicide and Clinical Practice|date=1992|publisher=American Psychiatric Association Publishing|isbn=0880484551|page=[https://archive.org/details/suicideclinicalp00jaco/page/148 148]|url=https://archive.org/details/suicideclinicalp00jaco|url-access=registration|access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> For example, to sue a lawyer for malpractice the person bringing the claim must have had an attorney-client relationship with the lawyer.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bresnahan|first1=Pamela A.|title=Beware the Cocktail Party Client|url=https://apps.americanbar.org/legalservices/lpl/downloads/journalsept99.pdf|website=American Bar Association|access-date=7 December 2017|date=September 1999}}</ref>

To succeed in a malpractice action under typical malpractice law, the person making a malpractice claim must prove that the professional committed an act of culpable negligence and that the person suffered an injury due to the professional's error.<ref>See, e.g., {{cite journal|last1=Bal|first1=B. Sonny|title=An Introduction to Medical Malpractice in the United States|journal=Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research|date=February 2009|volume=467|issue=2|pages=339–347|pmc=2628513|doi=10.1007/s11999-008-0636-2|pmid=19034593}}</ref>