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Cristobal vs. PAL

ANGELITO L. CRISTOBAL, PETITIONER, VS. PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., AND LUCIO TAN, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 201622 | 2017-10-04

DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
Where a tribunal renders a decision substantially reversing itself on a matter, a motion for reconsideration seeking reconsideration of this reversal, for the first time, is not a prohibited second motion for reconsideration.

This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari,[1] assailing the Court of Appeals Resolutions dated January 10, 2012[2]and April 18, 2012[3] in CA-G.R. SP No. 122034 dismissing petitioner Angelita L. Cristobal's (Cristobal) Petition for Certiorari for having been filed out of time.

Cristobal became a pilot for respondent Philippine Airlines, Inc. (PAL) on October 16, 1971.[4]...