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Pan American World Airways vs. I.A. Court

PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., petitioner, vs. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, RENE V. PANGAN, SOTANG BASTOS PRODUCTIONS and ARCHER PRODUCTIONS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-70462 | 1988-08-11

D E C I S I O N


CORTES, J.:

Before the Court is a petition filed by an international air carrier seeking to limit its liability for lost baggage, containing promotional and advertising materials for films to be exhibited in Guam and the U.S.A., clutch bags, barong tagalogs and personal belongings, to the amount specified in the airline ticket absent a declaration of a higher valuation and the payment of additional charges.

The undisputed facts of the case, as found by the trial court and adopted by the appellate court, are as follows:

On April 25, 1978, plaintiff Rene V. Pangan, president and general manager of the plaintiffs Sotang...