Practice question
A driver injures a person through proved negligent handling. He relies only on the fact that injury was unintended and calls it accident under Article 12(4). Which is sound?
- Every unintended injury is exempt despite negligence.
- Fault and due care never matter.
- The word accident conclusively settles the issue.
- The proved lack of due care prevents treating absence of intent alone as the complete accident exemption.
- A driver always receives immunity.
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Article 12(4)-(7), accident, force, fear and lawful or insuperable prevention (not the obsolete original juvenile-age paragraphs): https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426
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