G.R. No. L-46179 – 171 Phil. 418 – 81 SCRA 472 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Double Recovery of Civil Liability In September 1975, Maximo Borilla was driving a jeep when he hit Arsenio Virata thereby causing the latter’s death. The heirs of Virata sued Borilla through […]
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G.R. No. L-44748 – 227 Phil. 619 – 143 SCRA 657 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Human Relations – Article 19 and 20 of the Civil Code – Negligence Loreto Dionela received a telegram via the Radio Communications of the Philippines, Inc. (RCPI). However, at the end […]
G.R. No. L-60859 – 204 Phil. 781 – 119 SCRA 461 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Moral Damages Globe McKay Cable and Radio Corporation failed to deliver to spouses George and Olga Barrios a cablegram from Mercy Hospital, Buffalo, New York admitting Olga for a rotating internship […]
G.R. No. 97336 – 219 SCRA 115 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Breach of promise to Marry – Article 21 of the Civil Code In August 1986, while working as a waitress in Dagupan City, Pangasinan, Marilou Gonzales, then 21 years old, met Gashem Shookat Baksh, a 29 […]
G.R. No. L-14628 – 109 Phil. 629 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Breach of Promise to Marry Not An Actionable Wrong Per Se- Moral Damages In 1950, Soledad Cagigas, 33 years old (then a school teacher, later she became an insurance underwriter), and Francisco Hermosisima, 23 years old […]
G.R. No. 116384 – 381 Phil. 775 – 324 SCRA 770 – Civil Law – Torts and damages – Moral and Exemplary Damages Labor Law – Post-Employment – Termination of Employment – Abandonment of Work – Illegal Dismissal Viola Cruz was hired and employed by Norkis Distributors, Inc. as cashier/bookkeeper […]
G.R. No. 80645 – Civil Law – Law on Sales – Conditional Sale – Specific Performance Obligations and Contracts – Suspensive ConditionIn July 1976, the Buenaventura siblings sold two parcels of land to Marcelino and Guadalupe Galang. The terms of the sale are as follows: 1. Galang shall pay 25% […]
G.R. Nos. L-33138-39 – 64 SCRA 427 – 159-A Phil. 693 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Civil Liability from Quasi Delicts vs Civil Liability from Crimes In February 1963, Andres Ilagan was driving a bus owned by Batangas Laguna Tayaban Bus Company, Inc. (BLTB) along Manila South […]
167 Phil. 462 – 77 SCRA 100 – G.R. No. L-24803 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Civil Liability from Quasi Delicts vs Civil Liability from Crimes Reginald Hill, a minor, caused the death of Agapito Elcano (son of Pedro Elcano). Pedro and Patricia Elcano filed a criminal […]
G.R. No. L-48006 – 73 Phil. 607 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Civil Liability from Quasi Delicts vs Civil Liability from Crimes At about 1:30am on May 3, 1936, Pedro Fontanilla’s taxi collided with a kalesa thereby killing the 16 year old Faustino Garcia. Faustino’s parents (Severino Garcia […]
G.R. No. L-6662 – 98 Phil 286 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Effect of Acquittal on the Civil Liability Dalmacio Catipon bought onions from J.V. Ramirez and Co., Inc. in 1951. The son of Ramirez told Catipon that the only way he could get the onions is […]
G.R. No. L-3820 – 87 Phil. 29 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Legislative Branch – Powers of the Legislature – Inquiry in Aid of Legislation This case arose from the legislative inquiry into the acquisition by the Philippine Government of the Buenavista and Tambobong estates sometime in 1949. […]
G.R. No. 170338; G.R. No. 179275 – 595 Phil. 775 – 575 SCRA 170 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Legislative Branch – Powers of Congress – Inquiry in Aid of Legislation – Senate Rules of Procedure Must Be Published In 2005, tapes which allegedly contained a conversation between […]
G.R. No. 184849 – 598 Phil. 981 – 579 SCRA 521 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Legislative Branch – Powers of Congress – Inquiry in Aid of Legislation – A Senate Committee may issue arrest warrants to compel witness – Senate Rules cannot be inquired into by the […]
G.R. No. 174153; G.R. No. 174299 – 536 Phil. 1 – 505 SCRA 160 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – General Principles – Amendment vs RevisionRaul Lambino et al. were able to gather the signatures of 6,327,952 individuals for an initiative petition to amend the 1987 Constitution. That said […]
G.R. No. 127325 – 336 Phil. 848 – 270 SCRA 106 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – General Principles – Amendment to the Constitution On 6 December 1996, Atty. Jesus S. Delfin filed with the COMELEC a Petition to Amend the Constitution to Lift Term Limits of elective Officials […]