Practice question
A speaker deliberately humiliates another person because of a physical defect. The facts establish actionable harm and no lawful justification. Which statement follows Article 26?
- Physical defects remove all legal protection.
- Humiliation is actionable only if a contract expressly prohibits it.
- The article expressly includes vexing or humiliating another because of a physical defect or other listed personal condition.
- The victim must buy the speaker’s silence before suing.
- Every speaker is immune merely by calling the act a joke.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, articles 19–21,26 and28.
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