On a cold winter day, A slipped on the icy sidewalk at the entrance to B's shop. A injured her ankle as a result of the fall, and B hired a taxi to have her taken to the hospital to have her injured ankle examined. On the way to the hospital another automobile collided with the taxi, and A was seriously injured. B is liable for the injury to A as a result of the automobile accident, because she would not have been travelling in the taxi if she had not injured her ankle at B's store.

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B's liability would typically extend to the initial injury caused by the fall on the icy sidewalk, not the subsequent unrelated accident involving the taxi, as the latter is considered an intervening cause not reasonably foreseeable by B.

On a Cold Winter Day, a Slipped on the Icy