G.R. No. 164195 – 514 SCRA 537 – Civil Law – Property – Eminent Domain – Determination of Just Compensation APO Fruits Corporation, Inc. (AFC) and Hijo Plantation Inc. (HPI) were owners of 5 parcels of land (1338.60 has.) located in San Isidro, Tagum, Davao. On 12 October 1995, the two […]
Torts and Damages
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G.R. No. 140420 – 351 SCRA 73 – Civil Law – Article 19 – Abuse of Rights – Damnum Absque Injuria In 1965, Atty. Sergio Amonoy represented Alfonso Fornilda (also spelled Formida) in a partition case. Since Fornilda had no money to pay, he agreed to make use of whatever […]
G.R. No. 9331 – 101 Phil. 947 – 54 O.G. 1831 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Employer Liable for Damages Caused by Employee Although not Engaged in Business or Industry In December 1953, Segundino Estanda was driving the Studebaker Sedan car owned by Conrado Echarri when he […]
G.R. No. L-10073-75 – 33 Phil. 11 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Liability of Employers In January 1913, Butaro Yamada et al hired a taxi owned and operated by Bachrach Garage & Taxicab Co. so that they may travel to Cavite Viejo. The trip was safe going […]
G.R. No. 120706 – 324 SCRA 85 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Human Relations – Article 26 – “Human Personality Exalted By Laws” The spouses Nestor and Allem Nicolas were the lessees of Florence Concepcion. The spouses were engaged in an office supply business where they cater […]
G.R. No. L-20089 – 12 SCRA 648 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Article 21 of the Civil Code – Moral Damages – Exemplary Damages – Breach of Promise to Marry In 1954, Francisco Velez and Beatriz Wassmer planned their marriage. They decided to schedule it on September 4, […]
G.R. No. L-32774 – 55 Phil. 18 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Liability of Employers Antonio Ora was the owner of a truck which transports lumbers owned by Norton & Harrison Co. Ora employed two minors as his helpers in securing the lumbers from the lumberyard. In […]
G.R. No. 116100 – 253 SCRA 483 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Damnum Absque Injuria – Actionable Wrong Law on Property – Right of Way Pacifico Mabasa owns a property behind the properties of spouses Cristino and Brigida Custodio and spouses Lito and Ma. Cristina Santos. The passageway […]
G.R. No. L-46179 – 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 an action for homicide […]
G.R. No. L-44748 – 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 of the telegram were the […]
G.R. No. L-60859 – 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 in the said hospital, […]
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 – 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 in its Cagayan de Oro […]
G.R. Nos. L-33138-39 – 64 SCRA 427 159 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 […]
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 case against Reginald but […]