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Gabriel Abad, et al. vs. Philam General Insurance Company

GABRIEL ABAD, PIO AGANON, MARIO ALARCIO, JOSE AQUINO, CESAR ATANACIO, LEONARDO AURELIO, SOTERO BERNARDO, AURELIO CABRAL, JESUS CARREON, ABELARDO CARRILO, GERARDO COLOMA, ARMANDO COSME, RODRIGO CRUZ, HEIRS OF PACIFICO CUEVAS, thru his widow, Mrs. NATIVIDAD CUEVAS, CAMILO DIZON, CONRADO ESPEJO, HEIRS OF ALFREDO FLOJO, thru his widow, Mrs. ALFREDO FLOJO, MANUEL GABRIEL, AVELINO GAGARIN, JULIO GARCIA, LEONIDAS A. GONZALES, JUAN DE GUZMAN, MARCIAL HERNANDO, ENRIQUE DE KEYSER, LITO LAGMAN, ROSE LALWANI, AUGUSTO LISAN, GUILLERMO LOPEZ, DANIEL LORZANO, ARMANDO MALABANAN, BIENVENIDO LOVERIZA, ANTOLIN MANINTIM, RENE MARCIANO, BENJAMIN MESINAS, BIBIANO PAGGAO, QUIRINO PALADO, CECILIA QUIRINO, ARSENIO RODRIQUEZ, Jr., FRANCISCO SANCHEZ, FLORANTE SAN DIEGO, DIOMEDES SISON, AURELIO TABANGCURA, HONORATO TAGALA, Jr., AMADAO TAMAYO, and ALFREDO TANGKEKO, and all Other Retired, Retrenched, Resigned or Separated Employees of Defendant Company, petitioners, vs. THE PHILIPPINE AMERICAN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., and COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MANILA (BRANCH XXXVII), respondents.

G.R. No. L-50563 | 1981-10-30

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

Petition for review on certiorari of the orders of the Court of First Instance of Manila (Branch XXXVII), dated February 16, 1979 and May 2, 1979, which respectively dismissed for lack of jurisdiction the complaint in Civil Case No. 117708 and denied for lack of merit the motion for reconsideration filed by the plaintiffs therein - herein petitioners Gabriel Abad, et al.

On August 28, 1978, plaintiffs-petitioners filed with the respondent Court of First Instance of Manila a complaint alleging, among other things, that until their respective dates of retirement, retrenchment or resignation between 1967...