Fortuitous Event

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1. Which event description falls within the general rule stated in Article 1174?
2. Which is an express exception to the general exemption from responsibility for fortuitous events?
3. Under Article 1263, what happens to a generic delivery obligation when the debtor's own stock of that kind is destroyed?
4. A debtor owing delivery of a specific painting is already legally in delay when an unavoidable accidental fire destroys…
5. A seller promises delivery of the same identified machine to two buyers whose interests are distinct. Before either del…
6. A lessee leaves a disabled leased vehicle exposed for days without reasonable protective measures despite an opportunit…
7. A debtor undertakes to deliver a specific sculpture, exercises the required care, is not in delay, and has not assumed …
8. Explain why describing a disaster as an 'act of God' does not alone establish exemption from liability, using Mindex's …
9. Compare the fortuitous destruction of a specific thing before delay and without fault with destruction of the debtor's …
10. Identify the Article 1165 circumstances in which a debtor delivering a determinate thing bears fortuitous-event respons…
11. A thing due is lost while in the debtor’s possession. Outside the natural-calamity exception, what does Article1265 pre…
12. Which event is expressly within Article1265’s exception to its presumption of debtor fault?