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Phoenix Construction, Inc. vs. IAC

PHOENIX CONSTRUCTION, INC. and ARMANDO U. CARBONEL, petitioners, vs. THE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT and LEONARDO DIONISIO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-65295 | 1987-03-10

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
FELICIANO, J:

In the early morning of 15 November 1975 - at about 1:30 a.m. - private respondent Leonardo Dionisio was on his way home - he lived in 1214-B Zamora Street, Bangkal, Makati - from a cocktails-and-dinner meeting with his boss, the general manager of a marketing corporation. During the cocktails phase of the evening, Dionisio had taken "a shot or two" of liquor. Dionisio was driving his Volkswagen car and had just crossed the intersection of General Lacuna and General Santos Streets at Bangkal, Makati, not far from his home,...