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Sanggacala vs. NPC

PACALNA SANGGACALA, ALI MACARAYA MATO, MUALAM DIMATINGCAL, AND CASIMRA SULTAN, PETITIONERS, VS. NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 209538 | 2021-07-07

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONEN, J.:[*]
 
Tort law can be used to address environmental harms to a well-defined area or specific person, or a class of persons, when readily supported by general and specific causation and closely fits the elements of a tort cause of action.
 
This Court resolves a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] assailing the Decision[2] and Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals, which reversed the Joint Judgment[4] of the Regional Trial Court.
 
National Power Corporation, a government-owned and controlled corporation created under Commonwealth Act No. 120, as amended,[5] is tasked...