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Valenzuela vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

MA. LOURDES VALENZUELA, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, RICHARD LI and ALEXANDER COMMERCIAL, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 115024 & G.R. No. 117944 | 1996-02-07

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISON
 
D E C I S I O N
 
KAPUNAN, J.:
 
These two petitions for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court stem from an action to recover damages by petitioner Lourdes Valenzuela in the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City for injuries sustained by her in a vehicular accident in the early morning of June 24, 1990. The facts found by the trial court are succinctly summarized by the Court of Appeals below:
 
This is an action to recover damages based on quasi-delict, for serious physical injuries sustained in a vehicular accident.
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