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Practice question: Due Diligence

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Practice question

An employer relies on a former employee’s excellent hiring evaluation to prove supervision years later. No evidence of later compliance checks exists. Is the evaluation alone conclusive?
  1. Yes; hiring conclusively establishes lifelong supervision.
  2. Yes; old evaluations are irrebuttable.
  3. No; employers can never prove diligence.
  4. Yes; supervision is legally irrelevant.
  5. No; selection evidence does not itself establish later supervision.

Legal references

  • Civil Code Articles 1174, 1759, 2176-2180: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
  • Safeguard Security Agency, Inc. v. Tangco, G.R. No. 165732, December 14, 2006, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2006/dec2006/gr_165732_2006.html
  • Tiu v. Arriesgado, G.R. No. 138060, September 1, 2004, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2004/sep2004/gr_138060_2004.html

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