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Tamargo vs CA
Tamargo vs CA
GR No. 85044, June 3, 1992
FACTS:
HELD:
*C did not consider tat retroactive e-ect may be given to te decree of
ado&tion so as to im&ose a liability u&on te ado&ting &arents accruing at te
time "en tey ad no actual or &ysical custody over te ado&ted cild%
)etroactivity may be essential if it &ermits accrual of some bene't or advantage
in favor of te ado&ted cild% 3nder Article 45 of te Cild and 6out
6out elfare
Code, &arental autority is &rovisionally vested in te ado&ting &arents during
te &eriod of trial custody o"ever in tis case, trial custody &eriod eiter ad
not yet begin nor ad been com&leted at te time of te sooting incident%
7ence, actual custody "as ten "it te natural &arents of Adelberto%
FACTS:
!ulie Ann otiong and endell ibi "ere a s"eeteart until te former bro.e u&
"it te latter after se found out te endell "as irres&onsible and sadistic%
endell "anted reconciliation but "as not granted by !ulie so it &rom&ted im to
resort to treats% One day, tere "ere found dead from a single gunsot "ound
eac coming from te same gun% Te &arents of !ulie erein &rivate
res&ondents 'led a civil case against te &arents of endell to recover
damages% Trial court dismissed te com&laint for insu:ciency of evidence but
"as set aside by CA%
ISSUE: O+ te &arents sould be eld liable for suc damages%
HELD:
Te subsidiary liability of &arents for damages caused by teir minor cildren
im&osed under Art 2180 of te Civil Code and Art% 101 of )evised /enal Code
covered obligations arising from bot uasi;delicts and criminal o-enses% Te
court eld tat te civil liability of te &arents for uasi;delict of teir minor
cildren is &rimary and not subsidiary and tat res&onsibility sall cease "en
te &ersons can &rove tat tey observe all te diligence of a good fater of a
family to &revent damage% 7o"ever, endell<s moter testi'ed tat er
usband o"ns a gun "ic e .e&t in a safety de&osit bo= inside a dra"er in
teir bedroom% >ac of te s&ouses ad teir o"n .ey% *e li.e"ise admitted
tat during te incident, te gun "as no longer in te safety de&osit bo=%
endell could not ave gotten old of te gun unless te .ey "as left
negligently lying around and tat e as free access of te moter<s bag "ere
te .ey "as .e&t% Te s&ouses failed to observe and e=ercise te reuired
diligence of a good fater to &revent suc damage%
Amadora vs CA
Ama!ora vs. CA
GR No. L4""45, A#ri$ 15, 1988
FACTS?
Alfredo Amadora, "ile in te auditorium of te scool, "as mortally it by a
gun by /ablito (a-on resulting to te former<s deat% (a-on "as convicted of
omicide troug rec.less im&rudence% Te victim<s &arents, erein &etitioners,
'led a civil action for damages against Colegio de *an !ose;)ecoletos, its
rectors, ig scool &rinci&al, dean of boys, te &ysics teacer togeter "it
(a-on and 2 oter students% Com&laints against te students "ere dro&&ed%
)es&ondent Court absolved te defendants com&letely and reversed C@I Cebu<s
decision for te follo"ing reasons? 1% *ince te scool "as an academic
institution of learning and not a scool of arts and trades 2% Tat students "ere
not in te custody of te scool since te semester as already ended 4% Tere
"as no clear identi'cation of te fatal gun, and % In any event, defendants
e=ercised te necessary diligence troug enforcement of te scool regulations
in maintaining disci&line% /etitioners on ote oter and claimed teir son "as
under scool custody because e "ent to scool to com&ly "it a reuirement
for graduation submission of /ysics re&orts%
HELD:
Te time Alfredo "as fatally sot, e "as in te custody of te autorities of te
scool not"itstanding classes ad formally ended "en te incident
a&&ened% It "as immaterial if e "as in te scool auditorium to 'nis is
&ysics reuirement% at "as im&ortant is tat e "as tere for a legitimate
&ur&ose% On te oter and, te rector, ig scool &rinci&al and te dean of
boys cannot be eld liable because none of tem "as te teacer;in;carge as
de'ned in te &rovision% >ac "as e=ercising only a general autority over te
students and not direct control and in#uence e=erted by te teacer &laced in;
carge of &articular classes%
In te absence of a teacer; in carge, dean of boys sould &robably be eld
liable considering tat e ad earlier con'scated an unlicensed gun from a
student and later returned to im "itout ta.ing disci&linary action or re&orting
te matter to te iger autorities% Toug it "as clear negligence on is &art,
no &roof "as so"n to necessarily lin. tis gun "it te sooting incident%
Collegio *an !ose;)ecoletos cannot directly be eld liable under te &rovision
because only te teacer of te ead of scool of arts and trade is made
res&onsible for te damage caused by te student% 7ence, under te facts
disclosed, none of te res&ondents "ere eld liable for te in$ury in#icted "it
Alfredo resulting to is deat%
egal relationsi&s tat can lead to im&uted negligence include te relationsi&
bet"een &arent and cild, usband and "ife, o"ner of a veicle and driver, and
em&loyer and em&loyee and te li.es% Ordinarily te inde&endent negligence of
one &erson is not im&utable to anoter &erson%E1F
Sample Illus!a"#$
>ager to start your day, you run into te local diner to grab a cu& of co-ee and a
donut% en te "aitress arrives to &our your co-ee, you notice tat se is a bit
"obbly on er feet% 6ou also notice se is "earing a medical alert bracelet, but
don<t &ay muc attention to it% *e &ours te steaming ot co-ee in your cu&,
on te table and even your la&% After letting out a loud yel&, it becomes &ainfully
obvious tat you reuire medical attention to treat your 'rst;degree burns% Tis
means you "ill be out of "or., unable to "ear &ants and need costly follo";u&
care%
Te "aitress "as unable to &erform er $ob due to "at could ave been a
medical condition% *omeone must &ay, but it is te em&loyer tat "ill bear te
brunt of tis "aitress<s actions% 6ou see, te doctrine of vicarious liability olds
tat tere can be a &erson res&onsible for te actions of anoter because of a
s&ecial relationsi& te &arties maintain% E2F
Quas"-Del"%
oever by act or omission causes damage to anoter, tere being fault or
negligence, is obliged to &ay for te damage done% *uc fault or negligence, if
tere is no &re;e=isting contractual relation bet"een te &arties, is called a
uasi;delict%E4F
Guasi;delicts give rise to a liability or an obligation to &ay for te damage done,
and tis obligation is demandable not only for one<s o"n acts or omissions, but
also for tose of &ersons for "om one is res&onsible%
Conseuently, "en &arents send teir minor cild to scool, tey must
necessarily &ass on or sare teir &arental autority, teir custody over te
cild, and te res&onsibility to educate teir cild &ro&erly "it te scool, its
administrators and teacers tem&orarily, as te latter sall assume suc during
all te time te cild is under teir su&ervision and instruction% Tis, in essence,
is te &rinci&le of substituted &arental autority% EJF
A teacer<s liability arises from te failure to &rovide due diligence in te
&erformance of te res&onsibilities tat come "it te substituted &arental
autority%EF A teacer must not only be carged "it teacing but also
vigilance over teir students or &u&ils% itout te &arents to loo. after teir
cildren "en in scool, it is te teacer "o ta.es over in te su&ervision% It is
tus 'tting tat te basis of a teacer<s liability is te &rinci&le of in loco
&arentis "ic, according to Blac.<s (ictionary, means in te &lace of a
&arent%E8F
Te la" olds te teacers and eads of te scool sta- liable unless tey
relieve temselves of suc liability &ursuant to te last &aragra& of Article
2180 by &roving tat tey observed all te diligence to &revent damage% E9F
Te la" also a&&lies to all .inds of educational institutions, academic or
vocational%E10F en an academic institution acce&ts students for enrollment,
tere is establised a contract bet"een tem, resulting in bilateral obligations
"ic bot &arties are bound to com&ly "it% Te contract bet"een scool and
student is one imbued "it &ublic interest but a contract noneteless%E11F
@or its &art, te scool underta.es to &rovide te student "it an education tat
"ould &resumably su:ce to eui& im "it te necessary tools and s.ills to
&ursue iger education or a &rofession% On te oter and, te student
covenants to abide by te scool<s academic reuirements and observe its rules
and regulations%E12F
In all suc cases, it ad been stressed tat te la" Article 2180 &lainly
&rovides tat te damage sould ave been caused or in#icted by &u&ils or
students of te educational institution sougt to be eld liable for te acts of its
&u&ils or students "ile in its custody%E14F
IV. Te /al"s#% D#%!"$e:
Te case of *&ouses /alisoc v% Brillantes, et al%,E1F raised into a doctrine te
idea tat teacers are res&onsible for te acts of teir students, not only minors
but tose emanci&ated as "ell%
(ominador /alisoc, deceased son of &etitioners s&ouses /alisoc, and te
defendant Dirgilio (a-on "o "as not a minor "ere classmates at te Kanila
Tecnical Institute% Tere "as a 'gt during recess time, and (a-on caused te
deat of (ominador /alisoc% Te trial court found (a-on res&onsible for
(ominador<s deat, and sentenced im to &ay damages% 7o"ever, te o"ner
Antonio Brillantes and te &resident Teodosio Dalenton of Kanila Tecnical
Institute KTI and te teacer in carge of te students at tat time *antiago
Guibulue "ere absolved% Te s&ouses a&&ealed%
In tis &articular case te action "as instituted directly against te scool
o:cials, and te *u&reme Court ad te occasion to decide directly on te
uestion of te liability of teacers and eads of scools under Article 2180,
Civil Code for damages caused by teir &u&ils and students against fello"
students on te scool &remises% Te *u&reme Court eld tat defendants
Dalenton /resident of KTI and Guibulue teacer in carge "ere liable%
According to te 7ig Tribunal, te deat resulting from te 'gt of te students
could ave been avoided if Dalenton and Guibulue ad com&lied "it teir duty
of &roviding adeuate su&ervision over te activities of te students in te
scool &remises to &rotect teir students from arm, "eter at te ands of
fello" students or oter &arties%
Te construction of te &rase so long as te students remain in teir
custody &reviously it "as understood to mean tat te student actually
boarded in te scool,E15F no" it "as understood to mean te &rotective and
su&ervisory custody tat te scool and its eads and teacers e=ercise over
te &u&ils and students for as long as tey are at attendance in te scool,
including recess time% In oter "ords it is not necessary tat te student actually
boarded in te scoolH as long as tey are at attendance in scool, te scool
autorities "ill be liable%
Te scool ead and te teacer;in;carge "ere found liable, even if (a-on "as
already of age at te time of te commission of te o-ense% Tere "as intent
tat te liability be not restricted to te case of &ersons under age% @urtermore,
teacers and eads of scolarly establisments are not grou&ed "it &arents
and guardians but ranged "it o"ners and managers of enter&rises, em&loyers
and te state, as to "om no reason is discernible to im&ly tat tey sould
ans"er only for minors% Te res&onsibility of te teacers and scool eads are
more &lenary tan tat of te &arents%E1JF
According to !ustice )eyes in is concurring o&inion?
“While in the case of parents and guardians, their authority and supervision
over the children and wards end by law upon the latter reaching majority age,
the authority and custodial supervision over pupils exist regardless of the age of
the latter.
A student over twenty-one, by enrolling and attending a school, places himself
under the custodial supervision and disciplinary authority of the school
authorities, which is the basis of the latter’s correlative responsibility for his
torts, committed while under such authority. f course, the teachers’ control is
not as plenary as when the student is a minor! but that circumstance can only
a"ect the decree of the responsibility but cannot negate the existence thereof.
#t is only a factor to be appreciated in determining whether or not the defendant
has exercised due diligence in endeavoring to prevent the injury, as prescribed
in the last paragraph of Article $%&'.(
e no longer ave masters and a&&rentices toiling in scools of arts and trades%
*tudents in tecnological colleges and universities are no different from students in liberal
arts or professional schools. Apprentices now work in regular shops and factories and their
relationsi& to te em&loyer is covered by la"s governing te em&loyment
relationsi& and not by la"s governing te teacer student relationsi&% E20F
VI. LIABILITY OF THE SCHOOL ON ACTS OF A STRANGER AND
ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL
In te /*BA caseE21F altoug te &erson in$ured "as a student of /*BA, te
&erson tat caused te in$ury "as not a student of /*BA% Art% 2180 on uasi;
delict "ould naturally not a&&ly as it reuires tat te damage sould be caused
by a student of te educational institution% 7o"ever, te Court eld tat
altoug 2180 does not a&&ly, te scool<s liability can arise from a breac in
contract as "en an educational institution acce&ts students for enrolment,
tere e=ists a contract "ic is one imbued "it &ublic interest% Tis contract
&roduces bilateral obligations, and one of te scool<s obligations is to &rovide
teir students "it an atmos&ere tat is conducive in furtering teir &rimary
&ur&ose "ic is to im&art .no"ledge%
A similar ruling "as ado&ted in te case of )egino v% /angasinan Colleges of
*cienceand TecnologyE22F "ere it u&eld te scool;student relationsi& as
contractual in nature% In te case of *oliman altoug te Court eld tat te
scool "as not liable for te acts of te scool security guard "ose em&loyer
"as a security agency, te court still u&eld te scool;student contractual
relationsi&%E24F
Kay a teacer esca&e liability for outings and activities eld outside te scool
but autoriLed by te scoolM Art 218 of te @amily Code states tat autority
and res&onsibility sall a&&ly to all autoriLed activities "eter inside or
outside te &remises of te scool, entity or institution% E2F In te case of *t%
Kary<s AcademyE25F, te Court eld tat s&ecial &arental autority and
res&onsibility a&&lies to all autoriLed activities, "eter inside or outside te
scool &remises%
VII. DEFENSE AGAINST LIABILITY
To avoid res&onsibility and liability, te teacer must &rove tat due diligence
"as observed% As to te .ind of due diligence, te last &aragra& of Art 2180 is
clear N Te &ersons must &rove tat tey ave observed all te diligence of a
good fater of a family to &revent damage% Tis can only be done at a trial on
te merits of te case%
Te case of Amadora and *t @rancis,E2JF te accused &arties ave &roven tat
tey ave e=ercised te diligence reuired of tem by la" under te
circumstances to guard against te arm tey ad foreseen%
Te court eld?
“)he school can show that it exercised proper measure in selecting the head or
its teachers and the appropriate supervision over them in the custody and
instruction of pupils pursuant to its rules and regulations for the maintenance
among them. #n fact, these measures are a"ected through the assistance of an
ade*uate security force to help the teacher physically enforce the rules upon
the students. #t bolster the claim of the school that it has ta+en ade*uate steps
to prevent any injury that may be committed by the students.(
VIII. 0AIVERS
)es&ondent admitted tat Ciara Kae @ederico<s &ermit form "as unsigned%
+everteless, se concluded tat Ciara Kae "as allo"ed by er moter to $oin
te activity since er moter &ersonally brougt er to te scool "it er
&ac.ed lunc and s"imsuit%
Before te activity started, res&ondent "arned te &u&ils "o did not
.no" o" to s"im to avoid te dee&er area% 7o"ever, "ile te &u&ils "ere
s"imming, t"o of tem snea.ed out% )es&ondent "ent after tem to verify
"ere tey "ere going%
Te Court eld tat As a teacer "o stands in loco &arentis to er &u&ils,
res&ondent sould ave made sure tat te cildren "ere &rotected from all
arm "ile in er com&any% )es&ondent sould ave .no"n tat leaving te
&u&ils in te s"imming &ool area all by temselves may result in an accident% A
sim&le reminder not to go to te dee&est &art of te &ool"as insu:cient to
cast a"ay all te serious dangers tat te situation &resented to te cildren,
es&ecially "en res&ondent .ne" tat Ciara Kae cannot s"im% (ismally,
res&ondent created an unsafe situation "ic e=&osed te lives of all te &u&ils
concerned to real danger% Tis is a clear violation not only of te trust and
con'dence re&osed on er by te &arents of te &u&ils but also of te scool%
1. CONCLUSION
Te essence of te &rinci&le of substituted &arental autority is tat "en
&arents send teir minor cild to scool, tey must necessarily &ass on or sare
teir &arental autority, teir custody over te cild, and te res&onsibility to
educate teir cild &ro&erly "it te scool, its administrators and teacers
tem&orarily, as te latter sall assume suc during all te time te cild is under
teir su&ervision and instruction%
A teacer, "o stands in loco &arentis to er &u&ils, sould ma.e sure tat te
cildren "ere &rotected from all arm "ile in er com&any% An academic
institution acce&ts students for enrollment, tere is establised a contract
bet"een tem, resulting in bilateral obligations "ic bot &arties are bound to
com&ly "it% Te contract bet"een scool and student is one imbued "it
&ublic interest but a contract noneteless%
Te la" olds te teacers and eads of te scool sta- liable unless tey
relieve temselves of suc liability &ursuant to te last &aragra& of Article
2180 by &roving tat tey observed all te diligence to &revent damage%
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