Practice question · Multiple choice
A perfectly maintained machine explodes due to an undetectable hidden defect no inspection could reveal, injuring nobody but destroying the firm’s own warehouse wall. A neighbor sues the firm under art. 1902 for the fright of the bang. What is the claim’s weakest point?
Hints
- Run the three-element checklist.
- Was there fault? Was there compensable harm?
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A. No provable damage and no negligence
Why
A mere fright without provable harm is not damage, and diligence was flawless, so there is no fault either. One missing element kills a claim; here two are gone.
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