61 Phil. 467 – Civil Law – Law on Property – Primacy of a Torrens Title – Compensation In 1894, the Roman Catholic Church of Manila acquired ownership over the Dinalupihan Rice Estate. In 1914, a decree of registration was handed over by the court in favor of […]
Yearly Archives: 2010
515 SCRA 29 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Illegal Dismissal – Separation Pay – Appeal by Employer – Death of a Party – Strained Relations Principle – Employer-employee Relationship Nelson Bilon, Angel Brazil and Ernesto Pagaygay were jeepney drivers of jeepneys owned by Melencio Gabriel. They are […]
524 SCRA 290 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Fixed-Term Employee vs Regular Employee Thelma Dumpit-Murillo was hired by ABC as a newscaster in 1995. Her contract with the TV station was repeatedly renewed until 1999. She then wrote Jose Javier (VP for News and Public Affairs […]
542 SCRA 578 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Regular Employee – Employer-employee relationship – Four Fold Test Servaña started out as a security for the Agro-Commercial Security Agency (ACSA) since 1987. The agency had a contract with TV network RPN 9. On the other hand, Television […]
458 SCRA 578 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Service Incentive Leave Pay – Curious Animal Doctrine Antonio Bautista was employed by Auto Bus Transport Systems, Inc. in May 1995. He was assigned to the Isabela-Manila route and he was paid by commission (7% of gross income per travel for […]
489 SCRA 94 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Overtime Pay and Premium Pay of Managerial Employees In June 1999, Peñaranda was hired by Baganga Plywood Corporation (owned by Hudson Chua) to take charge of the operations and maintenance of its steam plant boiler. Peñaranda was employed as […]
G.R. No. 161933 – 575 Phil. 306 – 552 SCRA 284 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Confidential Employees – Exclusion as Appropriate Bargaining Unit The 1998-2000 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Standard Chartered Bank employees Union and the Standard Chartered Bank expired so the parties tried […]
G.R. No. 155594 – 482 Phil. 485 – 439 SCRA 273 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Elements of a Contract of Sale – Determining the Intention of Parties in a Contract [of Sale] Blas and Hutalla were living in California in 1988 when they agreed to […]
G.R. No. 154554 – 511 Phil. 41 – 474 SCRA 427 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Breach of Warranties – Contract of Sale Goodyear Philippines was the owner of an Isuzu car which was hijacked in 1986. Goodyear reported it to the police. PNP issued […]