Practice question
A worker carelessly drops a heavy object onto a coworker after omitting required elementary precautions. The resulting injury and the worker's negligence are proved, but intent to injure is absent. Does lack of intent alone eliminate possible criminal fault?
- Yes; every unintended injury is exempt.
- Yes; negligence can never be relevant.
- No; the proved negligence may support culpa, subject to the offense's other requirements.
- Yes; employment always eliminates liability.
- No; because the injury must automatically be treated as deliberate.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html — Revised Penal Code Articles3 and12(4); deliberate intent, fault, and accident with due care.
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