Practice question
A company called a sponsor actually designs and negligently operates an unsafe safety system that causes injury. May it rely only on Abrogar’s result for a mere financial sponsor?
- Yes; the title sponsor grants absolute immunity.
- Yes; financial assistance erases all operational acts.
- No; all sponsors are automatically liable without proof.
- Yes; only nonprofit organizers can be sued.
- No; its materially different causal conduct must be assessed.
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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