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Practice question: Intervening Cause

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Which description best identifies an efficient intervening cause in the cited framework?
  1. Any bodily movement by any person.
  2. Every gust of wind regardless of context.
  3. A distinct independent cause that breaks the natural causal connection and produces the injury.
  4. Any event mentioned last in a complaint.
  5. Any unsuccessful defense.

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: character of intervening events and remote occasion.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/feb2008/gr_161803_2008.html — Dy Teban Trading v Ching, GR 161803, February 4 2008, main opinion: foreseeable consequence is not an efficient break.
  • 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: winds and roofing sheet did not automatically break causal chain.

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