Practice question
Must a proximate cause always be the event closest in time to the injury?
- Yes, the last event always controls.
- Yes, every earlier event becomes legally irrelevant.
- Yes, distance of one minute always ends liability.
- No, an earlier cause can set a natural and foreseeable chain in motion.
- No, because time and connection never matter at all.
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: natural continuous chain and efficient intervening cause.
- 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 causal sequence.
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