Practice question
In a slip-and-fall case disputing whether a walkway was wet, a witness describes rain entering through a damaged roof immediately before the fall. Is that necessarily irrelevant merely because the witness did not see the fall itself?
- Yes, only eyewitnesses to the fall can give relevant evidence.
- No; the described conditions may reasonably bear on whether the walkway was wet, subject to other requirements.
- Yes, surrounding circumstances never matter.
- No; the testimony automatically establishes every negligence element.
- Yes, because rain is always a collateral distraction.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html — Rule 128 sections 3–4: admissibility, relation to fact in issue and collateral matters; Rule 132 section 34: purpose of offer.
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