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Aquinas School vs. Sps. Jose Inton and Ma. Victoria S. Inton, etc., et al.

AQUINAS SCHOOL, Petitioner, vs. SPS. JOSE INTON and MA. VICTORIA S. INTON, on their behalf and on behalf of their minor child, JOSE LUIS S. INTON, and SR. MARGARITA YAMYAMIN, OP, Respondents.

G.R. No. 184202 | 2011-01-26

 
SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
ABAD, J.:
 
This case is about the private school’s liability for the outside catechist’s act of shoving a student and kicking him on the legs when he disobeyed her instruction to remain in his seat and not move around the classroom.
 
The Facts and the Case
 
In 1998 respondent Jose Luis Inton (Jose Luis) was a grade three student at Aquinas School (Aquinas). Respondent Sister Margarita Yamyamin (Yamyamin), a religion teacher who began teaching at that school only in June of that year, taught Jose Luis’ grade three religion class.
 
On July 14, 1998, while...