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Andres Mama, Jr., Et Al. Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

ANDRES MAMA, JR., SANCHO Y. MEDINA, PAULITA O. ALMENDRAS, PATRIA BERNADES, GERTRUDES DE LA ROSA, JOSEFINA ONGCOY, MARIBETH GO, TERESITA PADILLA, MERILIZA SUMINGUIT, CLARITA LUMAYAGA, MARILOU CABERTE, CANDELARIA PINDO, AIDA VIERNES, GONZALO ROSAURO, ELINITA MUTIA, ROSITA EMPERIO, ERLINDA OCAMPOS and MAY FRANCISCO, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, * JESUS SANCIANGCO, JR. (City Mayor), ANTONIO CABALLERO (Vice-Mayor), MANUEL CORTES, BERNARDO ROA, MARCELIAN TAPAYAN, OLEGARIO NERI, RODOLFO PACTOLIN and ANICETO ORTEGA (City Councilors), THE CITY TREASURER, and THE CITY AUDITOR, respondents. Peterson C. Durias, Jr. for petitioners. The City Legal Officer for private respondents.

G.R. No. 86517 | 1991-04-30

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

This is a review of the decision of respondent Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 14230, 1 dated August 30,1988, which dismissed for lack of merit the petition for mandamus and prohibition, with a prayer for the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction and the payment of damages, filed by herein petitioners and some other parties therein.

Petitioners, with the exception of Andres Mama, Jr., were either doctors, nurses, midwives or employees of the S.M. Lao Memorial City Emergency Hospital of Ozamiz City 2 which was then engaged in rendering general medical services to the city residents.

On February...