Practice question
Does the emergency rule automatically protect a person whose own negligence created the emergency?
- No; McKee recognizes that qualification
- Yes, always
- Yes, whenever the person says emergency
- Yes, because prior conduct is irrelevant
- Yes, unless the victim owns a car
Legal references
- Civil Code RA386: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html Articles1173,2178,2185.
- Picart v Smith GRL12219 March15,1918 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1918/mar1918/gr_l-12219_1918.html Reasonable-person foreseeability test.
- McKee v IAC GR68102/68103 July16,1992 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1992/jul1992/gr_68102_1992.html Emergency rule and own-negligence qualification.
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