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Practice question: Cause vs. Condition

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Does making the injury physically possible invariably establish proximate causation?
  1. Yes; every physical prerequisite is a tort.
  2. Yes; presence alone proves negligence and causation.
  3. No.
  4. No; therefore all conditions are irrelevant.
  5. Yes; ownership decides every causal question.

Legal references

  • Civil Code Articles 2176 and 2194: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
  • Phoenix Construction, Inc. v. IAC, G.R. No. L-65295, March 10, 1987, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1987/mar1987/gr_l-65295_1987.html

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