When the thing lent is damaged by a fortuitous event from which the borrower could have protected the thing lent by using a thing of his own or, when being unable to preserve both things, the borrower chose to preserve a thing of his own, he is liable for the damage to the thing lent.
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Loss caused by fortuitous event ACTIVE
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- enactment Acts 2004, No. 743, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005