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Dy vs. People etc.

GLORIA S. DY, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, MANDY COMMODITIES CO., INC., REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, WILLIAM MANDY, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 189081 | 2016-08-10

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
JARDELEZA, J.:
 
Our law states that every person criminally liable for a felony is also civilly liable. This civil liability ex delicto may be recovered through a civil action which, under our Rules of Court, is deemed instituted with the criminal action. While they are actions mandatorily fused,[1] they are, in truth, separate actions whose existences are not dependent on each other. Thus, civil liability ex delicto survives an acquittal in a criminal case for failure to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt. However, the Rules of Court...