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Lim et al. vs. Tan et al.

ROSITA B. LIM, ON HER BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF HER (THEN) MINOR CHILDREN NAMELY, JENNIFER, LYSANDER AND BEVERLIE, PETITIONERS, VS. LUIS TAN, ALFONSO TAN, EUSEBIO TAN, WILLIAM TAN, VICENTE TAN, JOAQUIN TAN, ANG TIAT CHUAN, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 177422] LUIS TAN, ALFONSO TAN, EUSEBIO TAN, WILLIAM TAN, VICENTE TAN, JOAQUIN TAN, ANG TIAT CHUAN, PETITIONERS, VS. ROSITA B. LIM, ON HER BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF HER (THEN) MINOR CHILDREN NAMELY, JENNIFER, LYSANDER AND BEVERLIE, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 177676] ANG TIAT CHUAN, PETITIONER, VS. ROSITA B. LIM, ON HER BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF HER (THEN) MINOR CHILDREN NAMELY, JENNIFER, LYSANDER AND BEVERLIE, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 177250 | 2016-11-28

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
REYES, J.:
 
Assailed in these consolidated petitions for review on certiorari[1] are the Decision[2] dated August 18, 2006 and Resolution[3] dated March 29, 2007 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 70301, which affirmed with modification the Decision[4] dated June 21, 1999 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila, Branch 37, in Civil Case No. 83-15633 for Damages.
 
The Facts
 
This case spawned from the death of Florentino Lim (Florentino), a scion of the wealthy Lim Ket Kai family of Cagayan de Oro City,...