Practice question
A transport vehicle negligently unloads passengers in a prohibited unsafe place. A speeding intoxicated motorist crashes into it, and the evidence establishes that both the unsafe stopping and reckless driving proximately caused passenger injuries. The first driver argues intoxication automatically makes the other’s conduct the sole cause. Which is correct?
- Intoxication automatically eliminates every other cause
- Only the last vehicle to move can matter
- The proved concurrent causal negligence supports analyzing both; the other driver’s grave fault is not automatic exoneration
- Every passenger necessarily caused the collision
- The facts cannot support any civil liability
Legal references
- Soriano, G.R. 277496, January 20, 2026: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/70347
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