6. A suffered a severe injury to her left leg in an automobi…
6. A suffered a severe injury to her left leg in an automobile accident caused by the negligence of B, who made an unsafe lane change and collided with A’s car. After the accident, A is taken by ambulance to a hospital where Dr. C, a surgeon, decides that he will have to amputate A’s left leg in order to save her life. Dr. C mistakenly injures A’s right leg, when he begins to operate on that leg before realizing his mistake and proceeding to finish the procedure by amputating A’s left leg. Who is likely to be liable for the injury to A’s right leg?
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