Text of the provision
Art. 2194. The responsibility of two or more persons who are liable for quasi-delict is solidary.
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Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full; verified verbatim against the LawPhil and ChanRobles renderings and the Official Gazette, all three of which agree word for word.
What this article means
The closing article of the Quasi-Delicts chapter, immediately before the Title on Damages begins. Where two or more persons are responsible for the same quasi-delict, their liability to the injured party is solidary — each may be held answerable for the entire damage, not merely a proportionate share, leaving the injured party to collect the full amount from any one of them (who may then seek contribution from the others). It is the same solidarity principle Article 2180's vicarious-liability rules and the preceding quasi-delict articles presuppose, stated here as a single, general closing rule.
Related provisions
- Article 2193 — Things Thrown or Falling from a Building.
- Article 2195 — Scope of the Title on Damages.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.