G.R. No. L-8034, 18 November 1955, 97 Phil 884 FACTS: That at about 7:30 a.m., on the morning of April 1, 1946, lieut. Tomas Gillaco, husband of the plaintiff, was a passenger in the early morning train of the Manila Railroad Company from Calamba, Laguna to Manila; That when the train reached the Paco Railroad [...]
G.R. No. 139875, 4 December 2000, 346 SCRA 870 FACTS: Sumayang, accompanied by another person, was riding a motor vehicle on a highway in Cebu. While turning left at a junction, Sumayang was violently hit by a speeding bus driven by Pestano. Sumayang and his companion died due to the accident. The heirs of Sumayang [...]
G.R. No. 122039, 31 May 2000, 332 SCRA 870 FACTS: Sunga, then a college freshman majoring in Physical Education at the Siliman University, took a passenger jeepney owned and operated by petitioner Vicente Calalas. As the jeepney was filled to capacity of about 24 passengers, Sunga was given by the conductor an "extension seat," a [...]
G.R. No. 125138, 2 March 1999, 304 SCRA 25 FACTS: The private respondent, Philippines Air Lines, Inc. (PAL), issued to the herein petitioner, Nicholas Cervantes (Cervantes), a round trip plane ticket for Manila-Honolulu-Los Angeles-Honolulu-Manila, which ticket expressly provided an expiry of date of one year from issuance. The issuance of the said plane ticket was [...]
G.R. No. L-25785, 26 February 1981, 103 SCRA 197 FACTS: Saturnino Bayasen, the Rural Health Physician in Sagada, Mountain Province, went to barrio Ambasing to visit a patient. Two nurses from the Saint Theodore's Hospital in Sagada, viz., Elena Awichen and Dolores Balcita, rode with him in the jeep assigned for the use of the [...]
G.R. No. 128607, 31 January 2000, 324 SCRA 147 FACTS: The passenger jeepney driven by Mallari Jr. and owned by Mallari Sr. collided with the delivery van of Bulletinalong the National Highway in Brgy. San Pablo, Dinalupihan, Bataan. Mallari Jr. testified that he went to the leftlane of the highway and overtook a Fiera which [...]
G.R. No. 84458, 6 November 1989, 179 SCRA 95 FACTS: On May 11, 1975, Anacleto Viana boarded M/|V Antonio from Occidental Mindoro bound for Manila. Upon arrival on May 12, 1975, the passengers therein disembarked through a gangplank connecting the vessel to the pier. Viana, instead of disembarking through the gangplank, disembarked through the third [...]
G.R. No. L-20761, 27 July 1966, 17 SCRA 739 FACTS: Plaintiffs, husband and wife, together with their three minor daughters (Milagros, 13 years old, Raquel, about 4 years old and Fe, 2 years old) boarded the Pambusco at San Fernando Pampanga, bound for Anao, Mexico, Pampanga. Such bus is owned and operated by the defendant. [...]
G.R. No. 113003, 17 October 1997, 281 SCRA 1 FACTS: In 1988, spouses Tito and Leny Tumboy and their minor children named Ardee and Jasmin, boarded at Mangagoy, Surigao del Sur, a Yobido Liner bus bound for Davao City. Along the way, the left front tire of the bus exploded causing it to fall into [...]
G.R. No. 118664, 7 August 1998, 294 SCRA 19 FACTS: In 1991, private respondent Jose Miranda boarded Japan Airlines (JAL) flight No. JL 001 in San Francisco, California bound for Manila. Likewise, on the same day private respondents Enrique Agana, Maria Angela Nina Agana and Adelia Francisco left Los Angeles, California for Manila via JAL [...]
