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Practice question: Immediate Cause

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

In separating immediate physical mechanism from proximate cause, which question is indispensable?
  1. Whether the wrongful act produced the injury through the legally relevant causal sequence.
  2. Which witness spoke last.
  3. Which defendant was sued first.
  4. Which event had the shortest name.
  5. Which party bought insurance.

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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