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Lorenzo Shipping vs. Chubb and Sons

LORENZO SHIPPING CORP., petitioner, vs. CHUBB and SONS, Inc., GEARBULK, Ltd. and PHILIPPINE TRANSMARINE CARRIERS, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 147724 | 2004-06-08

D E C I S I O N




PUNO, J.:

On appeal is the Court of Appeals' August 14, 2000 Decision[1] in CA-G.R. CV No. 61334 and March 28, 2001 Resolution[2] affirming the March 19, 1998 Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court of Manila which found petitioner liable to pay respondent Chubb and Sons, Inc. attorney's fees and costs of suit.

Petitioner Lorenzo Shipping Corporation (Lorenzo Shipping, for short), a domestic corporation engaged in coastwise shipping, was the carrier of 581 bundles of black steel pipes, the subject shipment, from Manila to Davao City. From Davao City, respondent Gearbulk, Ltd., a foreign corporation licensed as a common...