G.R. No. L-10605, 30 June 1958, 104 Phil 75 FACTS: In 1954, Severina Garces and her one- year old son, Precillano Necesito boarded Philippine Rabbit Bus Lines (PRBL) in Pangasinan. After passing a wooden bridge, the front wheels of the truck suddenly swerved to the right such that the driver lost control, and after wrecking [...]
G.R. No. L-9907, 30 June 1958, 104 Phil 65 FACTS: The deceased was an inspector of the Bureau of Forestry stationed in Davao.The defendant is engaged in the business of exporting logs from his lumberconcession in Cotabato. Lara went to said concession upon instructions of his chief toclassify the logs of defendant which were about [...]
G.R. No. 89880, 6 February 1991, 193 SCRA 603 FACTS: At about 6:30 in the morning of April 20, 1983, a collision occurred between a gravel and sand truck and a Mazda passenger bus along the national road at Cavite. The front left side portion (barandilla) of the body of the truck sideswiped the left [...]
G.R. No. 66102-04, 30 August 1990, 189 SCRA 158 FACTS: On December 24, 1966,passengers boarded the jeepney owned by spouses Isidro Mangune and Guillerma Carreon and driven by Tranquilino Manalo at Pampanga bound for Pangasinan for P24.00. Upon reaching Tarlac, the right rear wheel of the jeepney detached causing it to run in an unbalanced [...]
G.R. No. 119756, 18 November 1999, 305 SCRA 15 FACTS: On November 18, 1989, a bus of petitioner figured in an accident with a jeepney in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte, resulting in the death of several passengers of the jeepney, including two Maranaos. Crisanto Generalao, a volunteer field agent of the Constabulary Regional Security Unit, [...]
G.R. No. 114061, 3 August 1994, 234 SCRA 717 FACTS: Sometime in 1980, Juanito C. Lapuz, an automotive electrician, was contracted for employment in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for a period of one year through Pan Pacific Overseas Recruiting Services, Inc. Lapuz was supposed to leave on November 8, 1980, via Korean Airlines. Initially, he was [...]
G.R. No. 110398, 7 November 1997, 281 SCRA 534 FACTS: In April of 1980, private respondent Ramon Miranda purchased from the Negros Navigation Co., Inc. four special cabin ticketsfor his wife, daughter, son and niece who were going to Bacolod City to attend a family reunion. The tickets were for Voyage of the M/V Don [...]
G.R. No. 88052, 14 December 1989, 180 SCRA 83 FACTS: The M/T "Tacloban City," a barge-type oil tanker of Philippine registry, owned by the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) and operated by the PNOC Shipping and Transport Corporation (PNOC Shipping), left Amlan, Negros Occidental, and headed towards Bataan. At about 1:00 o'clock in the afternoon [...]
G.R. No. L-23733, 31 October 1969, 30 SCRA 69 FACTS: Nocum, plaintiff, was a passenger of the defendant’s Bus No. 120, then making a trip within the barrio of Dita, Municipality of Bay, Laguna, who got injured as a consequence of the explosion of firecrackers, contained in a box, loaded in said bus and declared [...]
G.R. No. 121824, 29 January 1998, 285 SCRA 450 FACTS: On April 16, 1989, Mahtani decided to visit his relatives in Bombay, India. In anticipation of his visit, he obtained the services of a certain Mr. Gumar to prepare his travel plans. The latter, in turn, purchased a ticket from BA. Since BA had no [...]
