Essay Flashcards

At a warehouse, D negligently fails to repair a leaking gas heater, allowing gas to accumulate. A small explosion occurs as employee E is evacuating, injuring E. In the ensuing panic, coworker F trips over debris from the blast and fractures F’s leg. (a) Identify the doctrine at issue and the governing rule whether F’s slip is an intervening cause that relieves D of liability or a foreseeable consequence that does not break the chain of causation. (b) Distinguish the controlling rule for distinguishing between distinct intervening/superseding causes in Philippine tort law. (c) Apply the rule to these facts and determine whether D remains liable for E’s injuries and for F’s injuries.