Practice question
An ordinary public officer negligently performs the very official task that properly belongs to the officer. No special agency or other State-liability basis is established, and immunity issues are outside the stipulated question. Does Article2180 automatically treat that ordinary assignment as special agency?
- No; its text distinguishes that case and refers to Article2176
- Yes; every ordinary official task is necessarily special agency
- Yes; every public employee makes the State strictly liable
- Yes; all private damages become government debt automatically
- Yes; the distinction disappears whenever injury is serious
Legal references
- Civil Code RA386: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html Articles2180,2182–2184.
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