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Rodolfo D. Garcia Vs. Phil. Airlines and/or Cristina W. Trinidad etc

RODOLFO D. GARCIA, Petitioner, versus PHILIPPINE AIRLINES and/or CRISTINA W. TRINIDAD, Manager, Catering Operations, Respondents.

G.R. No. 162868 | 2008-07-14

D E C I S I O N


REYES, R.T., J.:

WHO is the employer of petitioner - respondent Philippine Airlines or the latter's contractor, Stellar Industrial Services, Inc.?

The question has been adjudged previously and is now barred from being relitigated under the doctrine of res judicata, a rule which pervades every well-regulated system of jurisprudence. It is founded upon two (2) grounds, namely: (1) public policy and necessity which makes it to the interest of the State that there should be an end to litigation, interest reipublicae ut sit finis litumi (sa kapakanan ng Estado ay kailangang magkaroon ng wakas ang kaso); and (2) the hardship...