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GSIS Vs Philippine Village Hotel

GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS), Petitioner, versus PHILIPPINE VILLAGE HOTEL, INC., Respondent.

G.R. No. 150922 | 2004-09-21

DECISION


PANGANIBAN, J.:

Basic is the rule that a partial summary judgment is an interlocutory order, because it does not completely and finally dispose of a litigation. That the case below has been needlessly delayed is due to the error of petitioner itself in its choice of remedy. It cannot blame the Court of Appeals for the delay, because the latter was merely following proper procedures, for which it cannot be faulted.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, challenging the July 24, 2001 Decision[2] and the November 22, 2001 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR CV No....