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MARSMAN & COMPANY AND QUIRINO R. ILEDAN, PETITIONERS, VS. ARTEMIO M. LIGO, RESPONDENT.

MARSMAN & COMPANY AND QUIRINO R. ILEDAN, PETITIONERS, VS. ARTEMIO M. LIGO, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 198643 | 2015-08-19

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
An employee who was wrongly accused of criminal acts, illegally arrested and detained, presented to the media at a humiliating press conference against his will, and prosecuted in an unfounded criminal suit is entitled to damages for malicious prosecution.

This Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] seeks to set aside the April 29, 2011 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 87004, as well as its September 16, 2011 Resolution[3] denying reconsideration thereof.

Factual Antecedents

Petitioner Marsman & Company, Inc. (Marsman) - now Metro Drug,...