Liability Despite Absence of Fault or Negligence

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1. What additional fact makes Article 23 relevant even when the defendant was not at fault or negligent in the event damag…
2. Which kind of damage does Article 23 expressly address?
3. Does Article 23 invariably require proof that the benefiting defendant negligently caused the damaging event?
4. An event, without fault or negligence by Carlo, damages Dina’s property and directly benefits Carlo. Both the damage an…
5. An unavoidable event damages Eva’s warehouse. Faye is neither at fault nor benefited by the event, and no other basis f…
6. During an imminent danger, an owner’s property is necessarily interfered with to avert a threatened injury much greater…
7. A storm damages one owner’s property and yields a direct, established benefit to Berto. A separate person, Cora, happen…
8. State Article 23’s conditions and explain why it does not create universal liability of every blameless person near an …
9. Compare an Article 2176 negligence theory with the Article 23 theory of benefit from an event damaging another’s proper…
10. Explain how Article 432 can allow necessary interference with property while preserving the owner’s indemnity claim. St…
11. Under Article 2183, is formal ownership the only basis for liability for damage caused by an animal?
12. Does an animal’s escape or loss automatically terminate the possessor’s Article 2183 responsibility?