Practice question
What does strict liability mean in the statutory settings examined here?
- Every loss is payable by every nearby person.
- Causation and the relevant statute’s conditions never matter.
- A criminal conviction is always necessary first.
- Liability may arise without proof of the defendant’s fault, but the governing statutory conditions and defenses still matter.
- Every rebuttable negligence presumption is automatically irrebuttable.
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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