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Eastern Shipping Lines, Inc. vs. Court of Appeals 234 SCRA 781

EASTERN SHIPPING INES, INC., petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., respondents

G.R. No. 97412 | 1994-07-12

D E C I S I O N 
 
VITUG, J p: 
 
The issues, albeit not completely novel, are: (a) whether or not a claim for damage sustained on a shipment of goods can be a solidary, or joint and several, liability of the common carrier, the arrastre operator and the customs broker; (b) whether the payment of legal interest on an award of loss or damage is to be computed from the time the complaint is filed or from the date the decision appealed from is rendered; and (c) whether the applicable rate of interest, referred to above, is twelve percent (12%) or six percent (6%). 
 
The findings of the court a quo, adopted by the...