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Herman Armovit, et al. Vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

DR. HERMAN ARMOVIT, DORA ARMOVIT AND JACQUELINE ARMOVIT, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, AND NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 88561 | 1990-04-20

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

This is a case which involves a Filipino physician and his family residing in the United States who came home to the Philippines on a Christmas visit. They were bumped off at the Manila International Airport on their return flight to the U.S. because of an erroneous entry in their plane tickets relating to their time of departure.

In October 1981, the petitioners decided to spend their Christmas holidays with relatives and friends in the Philippines, so they purchased from private respondent, (Northwest Airlines, Inc.) three (3) round trip airline tickets from the U.S. to Manila and back, plus three (3)...