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Edgar Jarantilla vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

EDGAR JARANTILLA, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and JOSE KUAN SING, respondents.

G.R. No. 80194 | 1989-03-21

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

The records show that private respondent Jose Kuan Sing was "sideswiped by a vehicle in the evening of July 7, 1971 in Iznart Street, Iloilo City". 1 The respondent Court of Appeals concurred in the findings of the court a quo that the said vehicle which figured in the mishap, a Volkswagen (Beetle type) car, was then driven by petitioner Edgar Jarantilla along said street toward the direction of the provincial capitol, and that private respondent sustained physical injuries as a consequence. 2

Petitioner was accordingly charged before the then City Court of Iloilo for serious physical injuries thru...