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Negros Navigation vs CA, Ramon Miranda, et al

NEGROS NAVIGATION CO., INC., petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS, RAMON MIRANDA, SPS. RICARDO and VIRGINIA DE LA VICTORIA, respondents.

G.R. No. 110398 | 1997-11-07

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Court of Appeals affirming with modification the Regional Trial Court's award of damages to private respondents for the death of relatives as a result of the sinking of petitioner's vessel.

In April of 1980, private respondent Ramon Miranda purchased from the Negros Navigation Co., Inc. four special cabin tickets (#74411, 74412, 74413 and 74414) for his wife, daughter, son and niece who were going to Bacolod City to attend a family reunion. The tickets were for Voyage No. 457-A of the M/V Don Juan, leaving Manila at 1:00 p.m. on April 22,...