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Virgines Calvo vs UCPB Gen. Insurance Co., Inc.

VIRGINES CALVO doing business under the name and style TRANSORIENT CONTAINER TERMINAL SERVICES, INC., petitioner, vs. UCPB GENERAL INSURANCE CO., INC. (formerly Allied Guarantee Ins. Co., Inc.) respondent.

G.R. No. 148496 | 2002-03-19

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review of the decision,[1] dated May 31, 2001, of the Court of Appeals, affirming the decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court, Makati City, Branch 148, which ordered petitioner to pay respondent, as subrogee, the amount of P93,112.00 with legal interest, representing the value of damaged cargo handled by petitioner, 25% thereof as attorney's fees, and the cost of the suit.

The facts are as follows:

Petitioner Virgines Calvo is the owner of Transorient Container Terminal Services, Inc. (TCTSI), a sole proprietorship customs broker. At the time material to this case, petitioner entered...