Faye is driving when she sees an accident occur a half mile in front of her.Sarah has negligently swerved her car,forcing Lindsay's car off the road and into a tree.Lindsay is thrown from the car and appears injured.Faye stops to render aid,and while helping Lindsay,she slips and breaks her leg.Sarah is not liable in negligence for Faye's injury because the injury was not foreseeable and Sarah's act was not the proximate cause of Faye's injury.

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Foreseeability and proximate cause are both elements required for negligence liability. While Sarah's act of swerving and forcing Lindsay off the road was the proximate cause of Lindsay's injuries, it was not foreseeable that Faye would stop to render aid and subsequently injure herself while helping. Therefore, Sarah is not liable in negligence for Faye's injury.

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