Practice question
A vehicle owner rides beside the driver, sees a developing danger, and could have prevented the mishap through proved due diligence but fails to do so. The driver’s negligence causes the injury and Article2184 applies. Which is correct?
- The owner may be solidarily liable with the driver under the stated rule
- Presence always grants immunity
- Only owners absent from vehicles can ever be liable
- The driver automatically becomes the legal owner
- The victim must prove the owner was driving too
Legal references
- Civil Code RA386: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html Articles2180,2182–2184.
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