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Napocor vs. CA

NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, Fifteenth Division and PHESCO INCORPORATED, respondents.

G.R. No. 119121 | 1998-08-14

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

ROMERO, J:

On July 22, 1979, a convoy of four (4) dump trucks owned by the National Power Corporation (NPC) left Marawi City bound for Iligan City. Unfortunately, enroute to its destination, one of the trucks with plate no. RFT-9-6-673 driven by a certain Gavino Ilumba figured in a head-on-collision with a Toyota Tamaraw. The incident resulted in the death of three (3) persons riding in the Toyota Tamaraw, as well as physical injuries to seventeen other passengers.

On June 10, 1980, the heirs of the victims filed a complaint for damages against National...