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Phil. Charter Insurance Corp. Vs. Neptune Orient Lines/Overseas Agencies Services, Inc.

PHILIPPINE CHARTER INSURANCE CORPORATION, Petitioner, versus NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES/OVERSEAS AGENCY SERVICES, INC., Respondents.

G.R. No. 145044 | 2008-06-12

DECISION


AZCUNA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari[1] of the Resolution of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 52855 promulgated on April 13, 2000 granting respondents' motion for reconsideration dated March 9, 2000. The Resolution held respondents liable for damages to petitioner subject to the limited-liability provision in the bill of lading.

The facts are as follows:

On September 30, 1993, L.T. Garments Manufacturing Corp. Ltd. shipped from Hong Kong three sets of warp yarn on returnable beams aboard respondent Neptune Orient Lines' vessel, M/V Baltimar Orion, for transport and delivery to Fukuyama...