Practice question
The evidence establishes a distinct unrelated independent efficient event that alone produces the injury after an earlier event merely furnished the occasion. What is the proper causal consequence?
- The earlier background event is not necessarily the proximate cause merely because it preceded the injury
- The earliest event always controls
- Every historical act remains equally liable
- The independent event must be ignored
- The claimant’s label replaces the finding
Legal references
- Abrogar, G.R. 164749, March 15, 2017: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2017/mar2017/gr_164749_2017.html
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