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Armand Nocum, et al. vs. Lucio Tan

ARMAND NOCUM and THE PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, INC., Petitioners, versus LUCIO TAN, Respondent.

G.R. No. 145022 | 2005-09-23

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

CHICO-NAZARIO, J.: 

Assailed in a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure are the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals dated 19 April 2000 that affirmed the order of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati City, Branch 56, in Civil Case No. 98-2288, dated 19 April 1999, admitting respondent Lucio Tan's Amended Complaint for Damages for the alleged malicious and defamatory imputations against him in two (2) articles of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, and its Resolution[2] dated 15 September 2000 denying petitioners Armand Nocum and The Philippine Daily...