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Avon Insurance PLC. British Reserve Insurance Co., Ltd., et al. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

AVON INSURANCE PLC. BRITISH RESERVE INSURANCE CO. LTD., CORNHILL INSURANCE PLC. IMPERIO REINSURANCE CO. (UK) LTD., INSTITUTE DE RESERGURROS DO BRAZIL, INSURANCE CORPORATION OF IRELAND PLC, LEGAL AND GENERAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY LTD., PROVINCIAL INSURANCE PLC. QBL INSURANCE (UK) LTD., ROYAL INSURANCE CO. LTD., TRINITY INSURANCE CO. LTD., GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE CORP. LTD., COOPERATIVE INSURANCE SOCIETY and PEARL ASSURANCE CO. LTD., petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MANILA, BRANCH 51. YUPANGCO COTTON MILLS. WORLDWIDE SURETY & INSURANCE CO., INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 97642 | 1997-08-29

D E C I S I O N


TORRES, JR., J.:

Just how far can our courts assert jurisdiction over the persons of foreign entities being charged with contractual liabilities by residents of the Philippines?

Appealing from the Court of Appeals' October 11, 1990 Decision 1 in CA-G.R. No. 22005, petitioners claim that the trial court's jurisdiction does not extend to them, since they are foreign reinsurance companies that are not doing business in the Philippines. Having entered into reinsurance contracts abroad, petitioners are beyond the jurisdictional ambit of our courts and cannot be served summons through extraterritorial service, as under...