Practice question
A delivery driver is finally convicted of reckless imprudence committed while making assigned deliveries for a company engaged in industry. Execution against him is unsatisfied due to insolvency. After notice and a hearing, all Article 103 facts are established. Which conclusion follows?
- Only the driver’s parents may answer
- The company may be required to satisfy the civil judgment subsidiarily
- The company is criminally convicted by substitution
- The civil judgment disappears because the driver is insolvent
- The victim must always obtain a second conviction against the company
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html — Revised Penal Code, Articles 100, 102–103 and 113.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2004/apr2004/gr_147703_2004.html — Philippine Rabbit Bus Lines, Inc. v. People, G.R. No. 147703, April 14, 2004, employer subsidiary liability and execution hearing.
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