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Sps Fredelicto Flores (Deceased) & Felicisima Flores Vs. Sps Dominador Pineda etc. et al.

SPOUSES FREDELICTO FLORES (deceased) and FELICISIMA FLORES, Petitioners, versus SPOUSES DOMINADOR PINEDA and VIRGINIA SACLOLO, and FLORENCIO, CANDIDA, MARTA, GODOFREDO, BALTAZAR and LUCENA, all surnamed PINEDA, as heirs of the deceased TERESITA S. PINEDA, and UNITED DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER, INC., Respondents.

G.R. No. 158996 | 2008-11-14

D E C I S I O N


BRION, J.:

This petition involves a medical negligence case that was elevated to this Court through an appeal by certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court. The petition assails the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA G.R. CV No. 63234, which affirmed with modification the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Nueva Ecija, Branch 37 in Civil Case No. SD-1233. The dispositive portion of the assailed CA decision states:

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the assailed Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Baloc, Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija, Branch 37 is hereby AFFIRMED but with modifications as...