Practice question
A lightning event starts a fire. The defendant had negligently disconnected required fire protection, and the court finds that failure proximately enlarged the claimed damage. Defendant invokes the natural origin as complete immunity. Which is best?
- The proved negligent aggravation prevents automatic complete exoneration.
- Lightning necessarily erases all negligent contribution.
- A natural event makes precautions irrelevant.
- Only intentional aggravation can matter.
- The claimant must ignore the disabled protection.
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles 1174, 1759, 2176-2180: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Mindex Resources Development v. Morillo, G.R. No. 138123, March 12, 2002, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2002/mar2002/gr_138123_2002.html
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