Case Digest: San Fernando v. Firme
San Fernando v. Firme G.R. N. L-579 [April 8, 1991] FACTS: On December 16, 1965, a collision occurred involving a passenger jeepney driven by Balagot and owned by the Estate of Macario Nieveras, a gravel and sand truck driven by Jose Manandeg and owned by Tanquilino Velasquez and a dump truck of the Municipality […]
Case Digest: MERCURY DRUG CORPORATION and AURMELA GANZON vs. RAUL DE LEON
MERCURY DRUG CORPORATION and AURMELA GANZON vs. RAUL DE LEON G.R. No. 165622 [ October 17, 2008] Facts: Respondent Raul T. De Leon, a judge, noticed that his left eye was reddish. He also had difficulty reading. On the same evening, he met a friend who happened to be a doctor, Dr. Charles Milla. […]
Case Digest: Salvosa v. IAC
Salvosa v. IAC G.R. No. 70458 [October 5, 1988] Facts of the Case: Baguio Colleges Foundation is an academic institution. However, it is also an institution of arts and trade because BCF has a full-fledged technical-vocational department offering Communication, Broadcast and Teletype Technician courses as well as Electronics Serviceman and Automotive Mechanics courses. Within the […]
Case Digest: PALISOC v. BRILLANTES
PALISOC v. BRILLANTES G.R. No. L-29025 [October 4, 1971] FACTS: Deceased Dominador Palisoc and defendant Virgilio Daffon were automotive mechanics students at the Manila Technical Institute (MTI). In the afternoon of March 10, 1966 during recess, an altercation transpired between the deceased and the defendant. At the time of the incident, Dominador was sixteen years […]
Case Digest: Filamer v. CA
Filamer v. CA G.R. No. 75112 [October 16, 1990] Facts: Private respondent Potenciano Kapunan, Sr., an eighty-two-year old retired schoolteacher (now deceased), was struck by the Pinoy jeep owned by petitioner Filamer and driven by its alleged employee, Funtecha, as Kapunan, Sr. was walking along Roxas Avenue, Roxas City at 6:30 in the evening of […]
Case Digest: Amadora vs. CA
Amadora vs. CA GR No. L47745, April 15, 1988 FACTS: Seventeen year old Alfredo Amadora, while in the auditorium of the school, was mortally hit by a gun by Pablito Daffon resulting to his death. Daffon was convicted of homicide through reckless imprudence. The victim’s parents filed a civil action for damages against Colegio de […]
Case Digest: ERNESTO MARTIN V. CA AND MERALCO
ERNESTO MARTIN V. CA AND MERALCO G.R. No. 82248 January 30, 1992 FACTS: Ernesto Martin was the owner of a private car bearing license plate No. NPA-930. At around 2 o’clock in the morning of May 11, 1982, while being driven by Nestor Martin, it crashed into a Meralco electric post on Valley Golf Road, […]
