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Practice question: Assumption of Risk

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

An organizer compares a young first-time participant to an experienced adult instructor and asks the court to presume identical appreciation of a specific danger, despite contrary evidence about the child’s information and experience. What does Abrogar require?
  1. Examination of the particular participant’s actual comprehension and voluntary exposure
  2. Automatic expert knowledge for every participant
  3. Only the instructor’s knowledge matters
  4. Experience is never relevant
  5. The child’s age automatically proves acceptance of all risks

Legal references

  • Civil Code, Articles 6, 19-21, 27, 32, 430, 1144-1155, 1757-1758 and 2034: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
  • Abrogar v. Cosmos Bottling Co., G.R. No. 164749, March 15, 2017, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2017/mar2017/gr_164749_2017.html

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