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Pantranco North Express, Inc. Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

PANTRANCO NORTH EXPRESS, INC., petitioner, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, Heirs of BENJAMIN TANDOC y DELA CRUZ, DAISY TANDOC MAMENTA in her behalf and in behalf of her minor children DAPHNE MOREN-MAMENTA and PATRICIA DAYAN MAMENTA, respondents.

G.R. No. 105180 | 1993-07-05

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

On 23 April 1985 at about 3:00 p.m., a vehicular accident occurred along the MacArthur Highway at Barangay Bacag, Villasis, Pangasinan involving two buses owned and operated by the Pantranco North Express, Inc. (PNEI) and a Toyota Corona car owned by Vice-Mayor Benjamin Tandoc of Tayug, Pangasinan which was then being driven by his son-in-law, Patricio Mamenta. As a result of the three-vehicle collision, Patricio Mamenta and Samson de Vera, who was the driver of one of the PNEI buses, died, while Benjamin Tandoc, Jose Sison (an occupant of the Toyota car) and several passengers of the PNEI buses suffered...