The following evidence is presented to a jury: Dr. Tom has to operate John for a heart condition at 9:00 am, but decides to drink a cup of coffee at the cafeteria, and does not arrive at the third floor until 9:15 am. John is unconscious on a gurney at St. Thomas Hospital’s third floor. The elevator shaft’s doors are open. John dies of his heart condition at 9;05 am.
1. Dr. Tom had “negligence per se”.
2. Dr. Tom had “proximate cause”.
3. Dr. Tom had “Res Ipsa Loquitur”.
4. All the above: “a”, “b” and “c”.
