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Edna Diago Lhuillier Vs. British Airways

EDNA DIAGO LHUILLIER, Petitioner, versus BRITISH AIRWAYS, Respondent

G.R. No. 171092 | 2010-03-15

D E C I S I O N

DEL CASTILLO, J.:

Jurisdictio est potestas de publico introducta cum necessitate juris dicendi. Jurisdiction is a power introduced for the public good, on account of the necessity of dispensing justice.[1]

Factual Antecedents

On April 28, 2005, petitioner Edna Diago Lhuillier filed a Complaint[2] for damages against respondent British Airways before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati City. She alleged that on February 28, 2005, she took respondent's flight 548 from London, United Kingdom to Rome, Italy. Once on board, she allegedly requested Julian Halliday (Halliday), one of the respondent's flight attendants, to...