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Vector Shipping Corp. and Francisco Soriano Vs. Adelfo B. Macasa, et al.

VECTOR SHIPPING CORPORATION and FRANCISCO SORIANO, Petitioners, versus ADELFO B. MACASA, EMELIA B. MACASA, TIMOTEO B. MACASA, CORNELIO B. MACASA, JR., and ROSARIO C. MACASA, SULPICIO LINES, INC., GO GUIOC SO, ENRIQUE S. GO, EUSEBIO S. GO, RICARDO S. GO, VICTORIANO S. GO, EDWARD S. GO, ARTURO S. GO, EDGAR S. GO and EDMUNDO S. GO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 160219 | 2008-07-21

DECISION


NACHURA, J.:

Before this Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Civil Procedure seeking the reversal of the Court of Appeals (CA) Decision[2] dated September 24, 2003, which affirmed with modification the Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 17 of Davao City, dated May 5, 1995.

The Facts

On December 19, 1987, spouses Cornelio (Cornelio) and Anacleta Macasa (Anacleta), together with their eight-year-old grandson, Ritchie Macasa, (Ritchie) boarded the MV Doña Paz, owned and operated by respondent Sulpicio Lines, Inc. (Sulpicio Lines), at Tacloban, Leyte bound for...