Practice question
One technician negligently disables ventilation; another negligently releases fumes. Both failures are proved operative in one poisoning injury. They never communicated. Which is best?
- No agreement necessarily means no tort liability.
- Only the last technician can be causal.
- Only the first technician can be causal.
- Lack of agreement alone does not defeat concurrent causation.
- Each is immune because the other also acted.
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles 2176 and 2194: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Abrogar v. Cosmos Bottling Company, G.R. No. 164749, March 15, 2017, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2017/mar2017/gr_164749_2017.html
- Soriano v. Intestate Estate of Diano, G.R. No. 277496, January 20, 2026, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/70347
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