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Eladia De Lima, etal. Vs. Laguna Tayabas Co., etal.

ELADIA DE LIMA, POTENCIANO REQUIJO, NEMESIO FLORES, REYNALDO REQUIJO, DOMINADOR REQUIJO and MARIO REQUIJO, petitioners, vs. LAGUNA TAYABAS CO., CLARO SAMONTE, SANTIAGO SYJUCO, INC., (SEVEN-UP BOTTLING CO., OF THE PHILIPPINES) and PORVENIR ABAJAR BARRETO, respondents.

G.R. Nos. L-35697-99 | 1988-04-15

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

Before Us is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Court of Appeals 1 affirming the decision of the court a quo with modification to include an award of legal interest on the amounts adjudged in favor of the petitioners from the date of the decision of the Court of Appeals to the time of actual payment.

This present action arose from a collision between a passenger bus of the Laguna Tayabas Bus Co. (LTB) and a delivery truck of the Seven-up Bottling Co. of the Philippines which took place on June 3, 1958 resulting in the death of Petra de la Cruz and serious physical injuries of Eladia...