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Abrogar vs. Cosmos Bottling Co.

ROMULO ABROGAR AND ERLINDA ABROGAR, PETITIONERS, V. COSMOS BOTTLING COMPANY AND INTERGAMES, INC., RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 164749 | 2017-03-15

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
This case involves a claim for damages arising from the negligence causing the death of a participant in an organized marathon bumped by a passenger jeepney on the route of the race. The issues revolve on whether the organizer and the sponsor of the marathon were guilty of negligence, and, if so, was their negligence the proximate cause of the death of the participant; on whether the negligence of the driver of the passenger jeepney was an efficient intervening cause; on whether the doctrine of assumption of risk was applicable to the...