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Casumpang vs. Cortejo

NOEL CASUMPANG, RUBY SANGA-MIRANDA AND SAN JUAN DE DIOS HOSPITAL, PETITIONERS, VS. NELSON CORTEJO, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 171217] DRA. RUBY SANGA-MIRANDA, PETITIONER, VS. NELSON CORTEJO, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 171228] SAN JUAN DE DIOS HOSPITAL, PETITIONER, VS. NELSON CORTEJO, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 171127 | 2015-03-11

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
BRION, J.:
 
We resolve the three (3) consolidated petitions for review on certiorari[1] involving medical negligence, commonly assailing the October 29, 2004 decision[2] and the January 12, 2006 resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 56400. This CA decision affirmed en toto the ruling of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 134, Makati City.
 
The RTC awarded Nelson Cortejo (respondent) damages in the total amount of P595,000.00, for the wrongful death of his son allegedly due to the medical negligence of the petitioning doctors and the hospital.
 
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