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Victory Liner Inc. vs. Heirs of Malecdan

VICTORY LINER, INC. petitioner, vs. HEIRS OF ANDRES MALECDAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 154278 | 2002-12-27

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
 
SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review of the decision[1] of the Eighth Division of the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court of Baguio City, Branch 5, in Civil Case No. 3082-R, ordering petitioner and its driver, Ricardo Joson, Jr., to pay damages to the heirs of Andres Malecdan, who had been killed after being hit by a bus while attempting to cross the National Highway in Barangay Nungnungan 2 in Cauayan, Isabela.

The facts of the case are as follows:

Petitioner is a common carrier. Private respondent Elena...