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Leighton Contractors Philippines, Inc. Vs. CNP Industries, Inc

LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS PHILIPPINES, INC., Petitioner, versus CNP INDUSTRIES, INC., Respondent.

G.R. No. 160972 | 2010-03-09

D E C I S I O N


CORONA, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari[1] assails the May 31, 2000 decision[2] and November 20, 2003 resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 52090.

In 1997, Hardie Jardin, Inc. (HJI) awarded the contract for site preparation, building foundation and structural steel works of its fibre cement plant project in Barangay Tatalon in San Isidro, Cabuyao, Laguna to petitioner Leighton Contractors Philippines, Inc.[4]

On July 5, 1997, respondent CNP Industries, Inc. submitted to petitioner a proposal to undertake, as subcontractor, the construction of the structural steelworks[5] of HJI's fibre...