G.R. No. 208293 – G.R. No. 208295 – 749 Phil. 948 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Negligence – Diligence Required of a Bank; Extraordinary Diligence In 1991, Angel C. Santos died. In 1996, his heirs (Carmelita Santos, Reyme Santos, Angel L. Santos, and Noneng Dianco) went to […]
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G.R. No. 183975 – 645 Phil. 218 – 630 SCRA 659 – Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Appellant’s Brief; Failure to File – Abandonment of Appeal Legal Ethics – Legal Profession – Negligence of Counsel Binds Client In 2006, Gregorio Dimarucot was convicted of frustrated homicide. Dimarucot, through counsel […]
G.R. No. L-17815 – 8 SCRA 764 – Legal Ethics – Attorney’s Fees- Quantum Meruit; When Not Applicable – Negligence of Counsel In 1952, Atty. Ceferino De Los Santos, Sr. and his son, also a lawyer, were engaged by Sebastian Palanca to represent the latter in an estate proceedings case. […]
G.R. No. L-27155 – 83 SCRA 237 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Corporation’s Liability for Negligence Rita Tapnio owes PNB an amount of P2,000.00. The amount is secured by her sugar crops about to be harvested including her export quota allocation worth 1,000 piculs. The said export quota […]
G.R. No. L-21486 – 123 Phil. 875 – 17 SCRA 22 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Negligence; Tire blow out is not a fortuitous event In October 1959, Lolita de Jesus was riding a bus owned by La Mallorca and Pampanga Bus Company which had a head […]
G.R. No. L-7760 – 28 Phil. 122 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Drunkenness is not Negligence per se In August 1909, E.M. Wright was driving his calesa going home. He had drunk more wine than he customarily does. Before he could be home, he would have to cross […]
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 […]