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Practice question: Cause vs. Condition

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Practice question

Why is a cause-versus-condition label insufficient by itself?
  1. The actual causal operation and risk must still be examined.
  2. Grammar alone decides legal causation.
  3. Every condition is automatically immune.
  4. Every condition automatically creates liability.
  5. Only moving objects can be causal.

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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