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Under Article 1723, if a building collapses within 15 years due to defects in construction, and the engineer who supervised the construction failed to detect them, the supervising engineer's liability is:

  1. Nonexistent because only the contractor built it
  2. Solidary with the contractor
  3. Limited to 10% of the damages
  4. Covered by the owner

Answer

B. Solidary with the contractor

Solution

Article 1723, second paragraph: the engineer or architect who supervises the construction is solidarily liable with the contractor.

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