Practice question
Medical evidence proves that a criminally inflicted wound continued causing fatal deterioration while ordinary treatment was attempted. No independent causal break is established. The assailant points only to the fact that doctors intervened. What is correct?
- Treatment alone necessarily absolves the assailant
- The proved causal chain is not defeated merely by ordinary medical intervention
- Every doctor becomes solely responsible for the assault
- The victim must refuse treatment to preserve liability
- Treatment makes evidence of the wound inadmissible
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html — RPC Article 4(1): causal responsibility for consequences.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2005/mar2005/gr_155791_2005.html — Quinto v. Andres, G.R. 155791, March 16, 2005, main decision: distinct foreign active cause and criminal causation.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/mar2023/gr_238798_2023.html — CICL XXX v. People, G.R. 238798, March 14, 2023, main decision: alleged medical delay does not automatically break the injury-to-death chain.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2011/sep2011/gr_186412_2011.html — People v. Villacorta, G.R. 186412, September 7, 2011, main decision: evidentiary failure linking the initial wound to fatal infection, not a categorical infection rule.
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