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Philippine College of Criminology, Inc. etc vs. Bautista

PHILIPPINE COLLEGE OF CRIMINOLOGY, INC., MA. CECILIA BAUTISTA-LIM, RODOLFO VALENTINO F. BAUTISTA, MA. ELENA F. BAUTISTA, JEAN-PAUL BAUTISTA LIM, MARCO ANGELO BAUTISTA LIM, EDUARDO F. BAUTISTA, JR., CORAZON BAUTISTA-JAVIER, SABRINA BAUTISTA-PANLILIO, MA. INES V. ALMEDA, ROSARIO R. DIAZ, AND ATTY. RAMIL G. GABAO, PETITIONERS, VS. GREGORY ALAN F. BAUTISTA, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 242486 | 2020-06-10

THIRD DIVISION

DECISION
LEONEN, J.:
 
There is forum shopping when, between two (2) actions, there is identity of parties, causes of action, and reliefs sought. Absolute identity is not required. Identity of causes of action ensues when actions involve fundamentally similar breaches of the same right-duty correlative. In such instances, separate proceedings will have to consider substantially the same evidence, engendering possibly conflicting interpretations on fundamentally the same incidents and unnecessarily expending judicial resources.

This resolves a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil...