Practice question
An earlier negligent act is followed by a new occurrence. The court finds the later event independently adequate, unrelated to the earlier wrong and not reasonably anticipatable, and finds it efficiently displaced the earlier causal role. Which conclusion is supported?
- All earlier negligence remains proximate regardless of findings.
- An efficient intervening cause may render the earlier act remote.
- Independence never matters.
- Only an event caused by the defendant can supersede.
- A historical sequence conclusively proves joint liability.
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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