The new jury instructions, as amended, say if the defendant caused the original injury to a victim, the defendant is responsible for any injury caused by medical treatment reasonably obtained by the victim, including injuries caused by the negligence of a physician.
In the case, Stuart v. Hertz Corp., the Florida Supreme Court enunciated the doctrine by stating “a wrongdoer is liable for the ultimate result, although the mistake or even negligence of the physician who treated the injury may have increased the damage which would otherwise have followed from the original wrong.”
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