 The court also held that even if the trial court found the child experienced further beatings at the hands of her mother and the latter's husband, it constituted an "intervening act" and not a "superseding cause", thereby relieving the defendants of liability.This was predicated on the finding (at the trial court level) that the foreseeability arose directly from the risk created by the original negligence.This would be the risk created by the original failure of the physician to diagnose and report the injuries.