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Phil. Airlines, Inc. vs CA, et al.

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and GILDA C. MEJIA, respondents.

G.R. No. 119706 | 1996-03-14

REGALADO, J.:


This is definitely not a case of first impression. The incident which eventuated in the present controversy is a drama of common contentious occurrence between passengers and carriers whenever loss is sustained by the former. Withal, the exposition of the factual ambience and the legal precepts in this adjudication may hopefully channel the assertiveness of passengers and the intransigence of carriers into the realization that at times a bad extrajudicial compromise could be better than a good judicial victory.

Assailed in this petition for review is the decision of respondent Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 42744 1...