Practice question
A warehouse employee negligently injures a customer within assigned loading duties. The employer proves careful screening, qualifications and initial hiring checks. It cannot show suitable task instructions, monitoring or enforcement despite a known need for them. The employer argues satisfactory hiring alone defeats the presumption. Which response is correct?
- The selection evidence automatically establishes every component
- The defense remains incomplete without the required proof of diligent supervision
- Every employer is liable even with full proven diligence
- The employee's negligence is automatically canceled
- The customer must prove the employer intended injury
Legal references
- Civil Code Article 2180: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Safeguard Security Agency v. Tangco, GR 165732, December 14, 2006, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/40427
- Maitim v. Aguila, GR 218344, March 21, 2022, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/mar2022/gr_218344_2022.html
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