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Practice question: Strict Liability

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Practice question

Under RA 7394 Article 97, what is the fault rule for the specified manufacturer, producer, or importer concerning qualifying damages caused to consumers by product defects?
  1. Liability for redress is independently of fault, subject to the article’s requirements and defenses.
  2. Liability requires a confession of intentional injury in every case.
  3. A manufacturer is liable for every unrelated consumer injury.
  4. No product defect need ever exist.
  5. The article excludes every foreign manufacturer.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, articles 2183 and 2185.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1989/nov1989/gr_74431_1989.html — Vestil v Intermediate Appellate Court, GR 74431, November 6 1989, main opinion: animal possession, no negligence basis, and causation.
  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1992/ra_7394_1992.html — RA 7394, article97: defective-product liability independently of fault and specified defenses.

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