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. A was the author of her own misfortune, because she should have foreseen the risk of injury by walking on an icy sidewalk.

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A slipping on the icy sidewalk could be seen as an accident due to environmental conditions, and the subsequent car accident was an unforeseeable event caused by another party, not a consequence of A's initial decision to walk on the sidewalk.

On a Cold Winter Day, a Slipped on the Icy