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Express Padala vs. Ocampo

EXPRESS PADALA (ITALIA) S.P.A., now BDO REMITTANCE (ITALIA) S.P.A., Petitioner, vs. HELEN M. OCAMPO, Respondent. Present: SERENO, CJ., Chairperson,* LEONARDO-DE CASTRO,** DEL CASTILLO, JARDELEZA, and TIJAM, JJ.

G.R. No. 202505 | 2017-09-06

DECISION
 
JARDELEZA, J.:
 
This is a petition for review on certiorari1 challenging the Decision2 dated January 5, 2012 and Resolution3 dated June 27, 2012 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 113475. The CA granted the petition for certiorari filed by respondent Helen M. Ocampo (Ocampo) and set aside the Decision4 dated September 14, 2009 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Civil Case No. MC08-3775 which granted BOO Remittance (Italia) S.P.A's (BDO Remittance) petition for recognition of foreign judgment.
 
The core issue being raised is whether service of summons was validly effected upon respondent, who lives in...