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Notre Dame De Lourdes Hospital, Et Al. Vs. Heilla S. Mallare-Phillips, Et Al.

NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES HOSPITAL, owned and operated by the SISTERS OF ST. PAUL DE CHARTRES herein represented by SISTER MARIA LINDA TANALGO, SPC., petitioner, vs. HON. HEILLA S. MALLARE-PHILLIPS, Acting Presiding Judge, RTC, Branch 8, La Trinidad, Benguet, ERNESTO F. BAYUGA, VICTORIA MANALO-CALOGNE, IRENE M. DIMALANTA, ROSSANN STA. CRUZ, FELIPE TABANDA, RONALDO A. PARAAN, TEOFILA N. BAUTISTA, GLORIA H. LOPEZ, Members of the Medical Staff of Notre Dame de Lourdes Hospital; Resident Physicians LILYBETH BARTOLOME, JUDY YAN, FRANCES DE LA CUESTA, TERESA ESTERA, VICTORIA SALINAS, ASUNCION CORAN, ARLENE NIEVES SESE, JOSEPH SOTERO, DELFIN PALOR, MANUEL VALLO, of the Notre Dame de Lourdes Hospital; Medical Interns JOHN ALMIROL, CONCESA BACAMANTE, ANTHONY BALMEO, GABRIEL CRUZ, DENNEL FULIGA, MONTEMAYOR GONZALO, NEMECIO HERRERA, EDWIN IGNACIO, ROMMEL MAPAGO, GLORY VALIENTE, SOCORRO ZARATE of the Notre Dame de Lourdes Hospital and patients FELIPE TABANDA, SR., JULIET OFO-OG, MOHAMMED IBRAHIM, MARTIN MALUTE, VIOLETA TONGSON and ORLANDO BRABANTE, presently confined at Notre Dame de Lourdes Hospital, respondents. Francisco S. Reyes Law Office for petitioners. Cabato Law Office and Betty Lourdes F. Tabanda for respondents.

G.R. No. 96630 | 1991-05-15

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

In this petition for certiorari, the petitioner, Notre Dame de Lourdes Hospital (or NDLH) of Baguio city, owned and operated by the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres, herein represented by sister Maria Linda Tanalgo, SPC, as defendant in an injunction suit (Civil Case No. 90-CV-0541) which the private respondents filed in the Regional Trial Court of Baguio and Benguet at La Trinidad, Benguet, seeks a review of the trial court's order dated January 11, 1991, denying petitioner's motion to dismiss the complaint for lack of jurisdiction and improper venue, upholding its jurisdiction over the action and...