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National Steel Corp. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

NATIONAL STEEL CORPORATION, petitioner vs. COURT OF APPEALS AND VLASONS SHIPPING, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 112287 | 1997-12-12

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

The Court finds occasion to apply the rules on the seaworthiness of private carrier, its owner's responsibility for damage to the cargo and its liability for demurrage and attorney's fees. The Court also reiterates the well-known rule that findings of facts of trial courts, when affirmed by the Court of Appeals, are binding on this Court.

The Case

Before us are two separate petitions for review filed by National Steel Corporation (NSC) and Vlasons Shipping, Inc. (VSI), both of which assail the August 12, 1993 Decision of the Court of Appeals. 1 The Court of Appeals modified the decision of the Regional...