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MIAA vs. ALA Industries Corp. 422 SCRA 603

MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY (MIAA), petitioner, vs. ALA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, respondent.

G.R. No. 147349 | 2004-02-13

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

Foreseeable difficulties that occur during the Christmas season and cause a delay do not constitute a fortuitous event. The difficulties in processing claims during that period are not "acts of God" that would excuse noncompliance with judicially approved obligations.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the February 28, 2001 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR CV No. 59518. The dispositive part of the Decision reads:

"WHEREFORE, the appealed final order is hereby REVERSED. The Court a quo is ordered to issue a Writ of Execution...