Practice question
A claimant invokes RA 7160, section 24 and demands damages for an injury, but supplies no evidence connecting the LGU to a legally actionable cause of the injury. He argues that nonexemption conclusively proves liability and the amount. Which assessment is correct?
- Section 24 creates automatic liability for any claimed amount.
- The section means no claim against an LGU can ever succeed.
- The claimant's preferred figure binds the court.
- Nonexemption leaves applicable liability and damages requirements to be established; it does not automatically prove the claim.
- An injury automatically establishes every official's personal guilt.
Legal references
- Civil Code, Article 2189, https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Republic Act No. 7160, section 24, https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html
- City of Manila v. Teotico, G.R. No. L-23052, January 29, 1968, https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1968/jan1968/gr_l-23052_1968.html
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