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Case 3

The same patient is undergoing partial-weight bearing gait training with crutches in the private-practice physiotherapy office, and the patient trips over the loose carpet. As a result, she falls, sustaining a Colles' fracture.

Assuming negligence on the part of the clinic, is that negligence classified as ordinary or professional negligence?

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