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Pedro Vasquez, et al. Vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

PEDRO VASQUEZ, SOLEDAD ORTEGA, CLETO B. BAGAIPO, AGUSTINA VIRTUDES, ROMEO VASQUEZ and MAXIMINA CAINAY, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and FILIPINAS PIONEER LINES, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. L-42926 | 1985-09-13

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

This litigation involves a claim for damages for the loss at sea of petitioners' respective children after the shipwreck of MV Pioneer Cebu due to typhoon "Klaring" in May of 1966.

The factual antecedents, as summarized by the trial Court and adopted by respondent Court, and which we find supported by the record, read as follows:

"When the interisland vessel MV 'Pioneer Cebu' left the Port of Manila in the early morning of May 15, 1966 bound for Cebu, it had on board the spouses Alfonso Vasquez and Filipinas Bagaipo and a four-year old boy, Mario Marlon Vasquez, among her passengers. The MV...