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Fernando Medical vs. Wesleyan University

FERNANDO MEDICAL ENTERPRISES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PHILIPPINES, INC., RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 207970 | 2016-01-20

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
The trial court may render a judgment on the pleadings upon motion of the claiming party when the defending party's answer fails to tender an issue, or otherwise admits the material allegations of the adverse party's pleading. For that purpose, only the pleadings of the parties in the action are considered. It is error for the trial court to deny the motion for judgment on the pleadings because the defending party's pleading in another case supposedly tendered an issue of fact.
 
The Case

The petitioner appeals the decision promulgated on July 2, 2013,[1] whereby the Court of Appeals...