In which of the following cases would there be a case for negligence based on cause of damages?

You drop a patient from a stretcher but he wasn't injured.
B) You start an IV which causes an infection, and the patient has to have surgery to repair it.
C) The patient suffered a spinal injury from an MVC, but he refused spinal immobilization.
D) A CHF patient has difficulty breathing and has to be intubated at the hospital, but does not survive.


Answer: B

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