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Sabena Belgian World Airlines vs Court of Appeals

SABENA BELGIAN WORLD AIRLINES, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS (SEVENTH DIVISION) CONCEPCION, OCTAVIO, ESTRELLA and GEMMA, all surnamed FULE, respondents.

G.R. No. 82068 | 1989-03-31

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

The only issue in this case is whether or not the petitioner, Sabena Belgian World Airlines, is liable to the respondents for damages arising from breach of contract of carriage.

The antecedent facts were summarized by the respondent Court of Appeals as follows:

"On March 27, 1979, the plaintiff-appellee Concepcion F. Fule purchased three round trip tickets for herself and two children, Estrella and Gemma, from the defendant-appellant Sabena World Airlines for the routes covering Manila-Brussels-Barcelona-Madrid. (Exhs. A, B and C) On March 29, 1979, she and her children took the Sabena flight No....