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Padua,et al vs. Robles, et al

PAULINO PADUA and LUCENA BEBIN PADUA, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. GREGORIO N. ROBLES and BAY TAXI CAB, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-40486 | 1975-08-29

D E C I S I O N

CASTRO, J:

Resolving this appeal by the spouses Paulino and Lucena Bebin Padua, we set aside the order dated October 25, 1972 of the Court of First Instance of Zambales dismissing their complaint in civil case 1079-0, and remand this case for further proceedings.

In the early morning of New Year's Day of 1969 a taxicab (bearing 1968 plate no. TX-9395 and driven by Romeo N. Punzalan but operated by the Bay Taxi Cab owned by Gregorio N. Robles) struck ten-year old Normandy Padua on the national road in barrio Barretto, Olongapo City. The impact hurled Normandy about forty meters away from the point where the taxicab struck...