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A pedestrian is injured by a negligent driver and then further injured by a negligent emergency-room physician treating the original injuries. Is the original driver liable for the additional harm caused by the physician's negligence?

Yes, ordinary medical negligence in treating the original injury is a foreseeable intervening cause and does not cut off the driver's liability No, the physician's negligence is always a superseding cause No, because the physician is an independent contractor Yes, but only if the driver selected the physician

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Yes, ordinary medical negligence in treating the original injury is a foreseeable intervening cause and does not cut off the driver's liability

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