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David Ortiz vs. Lucio P. Palaypayon

DAVID ORTIZ, complainant, vs. JUDGE LUCIO P. PALAYPAYON, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-93-823 | 1994-07-25

R E S O L U T I O N

KAPUNAN, J p:

Judge Lucio Palaypayon of the Municipal Trial Court of Tinambac, Camarines Sur is administratively charged with gross ignorance of the law tainted with vindictiveness and oppression relative to a criminal case pending before respondent judge.

The charge stemmed from a complaint for damage to property thru reckless imprudence filed before the respondent's sala on May 19, 1993 involving a collision between a Toyota Corolla owned by one Rosalinda Tanay and then driven by her husband, Roberto Tanay, and a mini-truck owned by one Juliana Lu which was entrusted to herein complainant, and then driven by one...