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Yakult Philippines vs. Court of Appeals

YAKULT PHILIPPINES AND LARRY SALVADO, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, WENCESLAO M. POLO, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of Br. 19 of the RTC of Manila, and ROY CAMASO, respondents.

G.R. No. 91856 | 1990-10-05

D E C I S I O N

GANCAYCO, J.:

Can a civil action instituted after the criminal action was filed prosper even if there was no reservation to file a separate civil action? This is the issue in this petition.

On December 24, 1982, a five-year old boy, Roy Camaso, while standing on the sidewalk of M. de la Fuente Street, Sampaloc, Manila, was sideswiped by a Yamaha motorcycle owned by Yakult Philippines and driven by its employee, Larry Salvado.

Salvado was charged with the crime of reckless imprudence resulting to slight physical injuries in an information that was filed on January 6, 1983 with the then City Court of Manila, docketed as Criminal...