Practice question
A patient suffers burns during one operation and later dies during another operation addressing a recurring tumor. The claimant proves the sequence of dates but not that the burn incident naturally set the fatal chain in motion. What is missing?
- Only proof that the claimant disliked treatment
- Only proof that time passed
- Only proof that the hospital has a name
- Nothing; all later deaths are automatically attributable
- The required causal connection to the particular death claimed
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles 1735, 1755-1756, 2176, 2179, 2184-2185 and 2214: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Abrogar v. Cosmos Bottling Co., G.R. No. 164749, March 15, 2017, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2017/mar2017/gr_164749_2017.html
- Spouses Nuñez v. Dr. Daz, G.R. No. 246489, January 29, 2024, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/jan2024/gr_246489_2024.html
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