Concurrent Cause

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1. Can two negligent acts concur in producing one injury?
2. Does another person’s negligence automatically exonerate a defendant whose own negligence also proximately contributed?
3. What does Article 2194 prescribe once two or more persons are liable for quasi-delict?
4. Two drivers’ negligent conduct is proved to combine proximately in one collision injury. One says that because the othe…
5. A hazard creator and another negligent actor both remain operative causes of the injury. The hazard creator calls the l…
6. A transport vehicle negligently unloads passengers in a prohibited unsafe place. A speeding intoxicated motorist crashe…
7. A contractor leaves an unguarded trench at a busy path. A delivery operator negligently pushes a cart into a pedestrian…
8. Explain why a defendant cannot rely on another actor’s negligence alone as complete exoneration.
9. Distinguish concurrent cause from sole cause.
10. What follows when two concurrent actors are both established as liable for the same quasi-delict injury?
11. Must concurrent negligent actors necessarily have agreed to act together?
12. Must concurrent negligent acts occur at exactly the same instant?