Accident or Fortuitous Event

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1. Which description is central to a fortuitous event under Article 1174?
2. Under Mindex, does the defendant's causally contributing negligence permit an automatic complete fortuitous-event exemp…
3. Article 2178 makes which provisions applicable to quasi-delicts?
4. A defendant calls an injury an 'accident' but the evidence proves a failure to take required precautions that proximate…
5. A sudden event is proved unforeseeable and unavoidable despite the required care. The defendant neither caused nor aggr…
6. A business leaves a known unstable sign unsecured despite warnings and a feasible repair. A storm then dislodges it ont…
7. A custodian leaves another person's property in an exposed place for an extended period despite an available reasonable…
8. State why an event's unforeseeability alone does not necessarily establish a complete defense when the defendant's negl…
9. Distinguish an accident in ordinary speech from a legally exculpatory fortuitous event.
10. Explain the relationship of Articles 1174, 2176 and 2178 in a negligence-based tort claim.
11. Does Article 1174 cover an event that was foreseen but inevitable, subject to its exceptions?
12. Does Article 1174 expressly preserve cases otherwise declared by stipulation?