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Christine Chua vs. Jorge Torres, et al.

CHRISTINE CHUA Petitioner, versus JORGE TORRES and ANTONIO BELTRAN, Respondents.

G.R. No. 151900 | 2005-08-30

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

Tinga, J.: 

The Court settles an issue, heretofore undecided, on whether the absence of the signature in the required verification and certification against forum-shopping of a party misjoined as a plaintiff is a valid ground for the dismissal of the complaint. We rule in the negative. 

The relevant facts in this Petition for Review are culled from the records. 

On 24 October 2001, a complaint for damages was lodged before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Caloocan City, Branch 126.[1] The complaint was filed by Christine Chua, herein petitioner, impleading her brother Jonathan Chua as a...