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Practice question: Immediate Cause

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Does identifying an immediate mechanism dispense with identifying the responsible person’s actionable conduct?
  1. Yes, in every case.
  2. No.
  3. Yes, if a machine was involved.
  4. Yes, whenever injury is serious.
  5. Yes, because objects are always the only defendants.

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

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