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Practice question: Due Diligence

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

An employer invoking Article 2180's diligence defense must generally prove care in what?
  1. Both selection and supervision of the employee
  2. Selection alone regardless of later conduct
  3. Advertising alone
  4. The plaintiff's personal habits alone
  5. The employee's handwriting alone

Legal references

  • Civil Code Articles 1173, 2176, 2178 and 2180: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
  • Safeguard Security Agency v. Tangco, GR 165732, December 14, 2006, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/40427
  • Maitim v. Aguila, GR 218344, March 21, 2022, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/mar2022/gr_218344_2022.html

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