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Heirs Of Amparo De Los Santos, Et Al. Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

HEIRS OF AMPARO DE LOS SANTOS, HEIRS OF ERNANIE DELOS SANTOS, HEIRS OF AMABELLA DELOS SANTOS, HEIRS OF LENNY DELOS SANTOS, HEIRS OF MELANY DELOS SANTOS, HEIRS OF TERESA PAMATIAN, HEIRS OF DIEGO SALEM, AND RUBEN REYES, petitioners, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS AND COMPANIA MARITIMA, respondents.

G.R. No. 51165 | 1990-06-21

D E C I S I O N


MEDIALDEA, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari seeks to set aside the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 58118-R affirming the decision in Civil Case No. 74593 of the then Court of First Instance (now Regional Trial Court), Branch XI, Manila which dismissed the petitioners' claim for damages against Compania Maritima for the injury to and death of the victims as a result of the sinking of M/V Mindoro on November 4, 1967.

The trial court found the antecedent facts to be as follows:

"This is a complaint originally filed on October 21, 1968 (p. 1, rec.) and amended on October 24, 1968 (p. 16 rec.) by...