Practice question
Is reasonable foreseeability equivalent to certainty that injury will occur?
- Yes, probability never matters.
- Yes, negligence is impossible without certainty.
- Yes, an actor is liable only after predicting every detail.
- No, the inquiry concerns reasonably expected risk or probable injury, not certainty.
- No, because every imaginable possibility automatically establishes liability.
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: ordinarily prudent expectation at the time of act or default.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2009/nov2009/gr_173146_2009.html — Agusan del Norte Electric Cooperative v Balen, GR 173146, November 25 2009, main opinion: foreseeability test.
- 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: foreseeable intervening events.
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