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At a grocery store, an employee left a leaking freezer case unrepaired after placing a bucket under only one corner of the case. Thirty minutes later, Ana slipped on water spreading from another corner, fell, and broke her ankle. Store video shows that Ana would not have fallen if the water had been mopped or the aisle blocked.
An ambulance took Ana to the hospital. On the way, a driver ran a red light and struck the ambulance, worsening Ana's ankle fracture. At the hospital, Ana developed an infection after a nurse failed to follow standard wound-cleaning procedures. Ana missed eight weeks of work and incurred expenses from the original fracture, the worsened fracture, and the infection.
Ana sues the store for negligence. Analyze actual cause, proximate cause, and the damages Ana may recover from the store. Address the store's arguments based on the red-light driver and the nurse.