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Practice question: Double Recovery

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

If an insurer pays a covered property loss, what Article2207 concept affects who may assert the paid portion against the wrongdoer?
  1. Subrogation
  2. Automatic immunity for every wrongdoer
  3. Automatic donation of the claim
  4. Automatic doubling of the owner’s loss
  5. Automatic disappearance of all evidence

Legal references

  • Civil Code RA386: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html Articles2177,2194,2207.
  • Fernando v People GR255180 January31,2024 MAIN resolution: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/jan2024/gr_255180_2024.html Distinct BP22 and estafa proceedings; one civil satisfaction.

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