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Ramon Balite, et al vs CA, Felicidad Sandoval Vda. De Carlos And Teofilo Carlos II

RAMON BALITE, JOSE C. LEABRES and FREDERICK M. DE BORJA, Petitioners, versus HON. COURT OF APPEALS (former Special Fourth Division), FELICIDAD SANDOVAL VDA. DE CARLOS and TEOFILO CARLOS II, Respondents.

G.R. No. 140931 | 2004-11-26

D E C I S I O N





CALLEJO, SR., J.:





Before us is a petition for review on certiorari of the November 4, 1999 Resolution of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 53229, citing petitioner Ramon Balite, the president of the then SIDDCOR Insurance Corporation (SIDDCOR), now the Mega Pacific Insurance Corporation, and its counsel, petitioners Frederick M. de Borja and Jose C. Leabres, in contempt of court for forum shopping and ordering each of them to pay a fine of P1,000.


The Antecedents



On September 1, 1995, Juan De Dios Carlos filed a Complaint in the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Muntinlupa, Branch 256, against...