Practice question
An organizer negligently routes young runners alongside active highway traffic without adequate safeguards. A recklessly driven jeepney strikes a runner. Under Abrogar, is the driver’s separate negligence automatically an efficient intervening cause that removes the organizer’s role?
- No; the danger of traffic was part of the risk created by the deficient organization
- Yes, every third-party wrong is automatically superseding
- Yes, an organizer is never responsible beyond a starting line
- Yes, the existence of a driver conclusively proves no organizational fault
- Yes, a police complaint erases civil causation
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
Answer this question in flashcards to review your response and continue practicing.