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Mallari Sr. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

ALFREDO MALLARI SR. and ALFREDO MALLARI JR., petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and BULLETIN PUBLISHING CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 128607 | 2000-01-31

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
SECOND DIVISION
 
 
BELLOSILLO, J.:
 
ALFREDO MALLARI SR. and ALFREDO MALLARI JR. in this petition for review on certiorari seek to set aside the Decision of the Court of Appeals1 which reversed the court a quo and adjudged petitioners to be liable for damages due to negligence as a common carrier resulting in the death of a passenger.
 
On 14 October 1987, at about 5:00 o'clock in the morning, the passenger jeepney driven by petitioner Alfredo Mallari Jr. and owned by his co-petitioner Alfredo Mallari Sr. collided with the delivery van of...