Practice question
A worker negligently leaves a suspended load unsecured. It falls naturally and strikes a person. The falling load supplies the final physical impact, and no efficient intervening cause exists. Which is best?
- The earlier failure to secure the load may be proximate even though the falling object gives the immediate impact.
- Only the object can bear legal responsibility.
- The interval between release and impact automatically eliminates negligence.
- The plaintiff must prove the worker wanted a fatality.
- Every owner of any nearby building is automatically liable.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, article2176.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2017/mar2017/gr_164749_2017.html — Abrogar v Cosmos Bottling, GR 164749, March 15 2017, main opinion: temporal proximity and natural causal chain.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/jun2023/gr_254395_2023.html — Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative v Heirs of Lucas, GR 254395, June 14 2023, main opinion: earlier operative negligence despite later events.
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