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Northwest Airlines, Inc. Vs. Spouses Edward J. Heshan and Neilia L. Heshan, et al.

NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., Petitioner, versus SPOUSES EDWARD J. HESHAN AND NELIA L. HESHAN AND DARA GANESSA L. HESHAN, REPRESENTED BY HER PARENTS EDWARD AND NELIA HESHAN, Respondents

G.R. No. 179117 | 2010-02-03

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

In July 1998, Edward Heshan (Edward) purchased three (3) roundtrip tickets from Northwest Airlines, Inc. (petitioner) for him, his wife Nelia Heshan (Nelia) and daughter Dara Ganessa Heshan (Dara) for their trip from Manila to St. Louis, Missouri, USA and back to attend an ice skating competition where then seven yearold Dara was to participate.[1]

When Dara's participation in the ice skating event ended on August 7, 1998, the Heshans proceeded to the airport to take the connecting flight from St. Louis to Memphis on their way to Los Angeles. At the airport, the Heshans first checked-in their luggage...