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Association for Retarded Citizens-Volusia, Inc. v. Fletcher

Florida District Court of Appeals

741 So. 2d 520 (1999)

Torts
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Nathan suffered a pool seizure at ARC's (defendant) camp and died nine days later; ARC argued Nathan's death actually resulted from negligent subsequent medical care, including a failure to transport him to a closer facility, but offered no evidence that a closer facility would have improved his survival chances.

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Whether a defendant who negligently caused a plaintiff's initial injury may defend a claim of negligence by showing that the plaintiff's injury was aggravated by subsequent negligence in medical care.

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