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United Airlines Vs Willie J. Uy

UNITED AIRLINES, petitioner, vs. WILLIE J. UY, respondent.

G.R. No. 127768 | 1999-11-19

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

UNITED AIRLINES assails in this petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 the 29 August 1995 Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 39761 which reversed the 7 August 1992 order issued by the trial court in Civil Case No. Q-92-12410[1] granting petitioner's motion to dismiss based on prescription of cause of action. The issues sought to be resolved are whether the notice of appeal to the appellate court was timely filed, and whether Art. 29 of the Warsaw Convention[2] should apply to the case at bar.

On 13 October 1989 respondent Willie J. Uy, a revenue passenger on United Airlines Flight...