Practice question
A negligently damaged device is fully repaired and verified safe. Much later, an unrelated person independently sabotages it, solely causing a new injury. The court finds the earlier fault no longer operative. Which is best?
- The first defect remains proximate forever.
- Repair is always legally irrelevant.
- Every later act is necessarily concurrent.
- The claimant’s but-for account alone defeats the findings.
- The independent sabotage may efficiently break the chain on those findings.
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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