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Calayag et al. vs. Sulpicio

CELERNA CALAYAG, AMELIA ORFIANO, MARILYN HIBE, ERNESTO CLARIN, NARCISO UNGSOD, BONIFACIO TORIDA, BOB ILLUT, EVELYN BAJET, ELORDE ILUSTRISIMO, ENRICO DETIQUEZ, JAIME CASTRO, JOSEFINA DAMALERIO, CARIDAD LERUM, NOVA FAJARDO, DANILO DELA CRUZ, ALBERTO FAUSTO, ESTELLA GELLI, KATHERINE DELA CRUZ, HEIDEE LAUREL, NISSAN LAUREL, VICENTE CHUA, ARMELA MARTIN, MELINDA BATIANCILA, GEMMA REBAYA, PRECIOUS ILUSTRISIMO, SOSAN LISBO, MARLON TRABALLO, NIMFA DANNUG, MARILYN LABORTE, SONIA MANZANILLA, LOURDES PARBA, ADELINA ALIPIN, JONATHAN BASA, MARIA LIZA CABARQUIL, RICHARD FAJICULAY, RICARDO HILARIO AND JONATHAN TESSLER, PETITIONERS, VS. SULPICIO LINES, INC. (NOW KNOWN AS PHILIPPINE SPAN ASIA CARRIER CORPORATION, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF "SPAN ASIA CARRIER") [FORMERLY: SULPICIO LINES, INC.], RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 221864 | 2016-09-14

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
SECOND DIVISION
 

D E C I S I O N
 
MENDOZA, J.:
 
This Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assails and seeks to set aside the September 21, 2015 Decision[1] and the December 18, 2015 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 138330, ordering Judge Daniel C. Villanueva (Judge Villanueva), Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 49, Manila (RTC), to recuse himself from taking part and hearing Civil Case Nos. 08-119709 to 09-121989.

The subject petition stems from the 71 consolidated cases for civil...