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Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) Vs. Atty. P.M. Castillo, doing business under the trade name and style of Permanent Light Manufacturing Enterprises, et al.

MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY (MERALCO), Petitioner, vs. ATTY. PABLITO M. CASTILLO, doing business under the trade name and style of PERMANENT LIGHT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES and GUIA S. CASTILLO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 182976 | 2013-01-14



FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

VILLARAMA, JR., J.:

Before us is a petition1 for review on certiorari seeking to set aside the Decision2 dated May 21, 2008 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 80572. The Court of Appeals had affirmed with modification the Decision3dated July 9, 2003 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasig City, Branch 168, in Civil Case No. 65224. The appellate court deleted the award to petitioner Manila Electric Company (Meralco) of the amount of P1, 138,898.86, representing overpaid electric bills, and ordered petitioner to pay temperate damages to respondents in the amount of P500,000.

The facts follow.

Respondents...