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Industrial Insurance Co.,Inc. vs. Bondad & Bondad

INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Inc., petitioner, vs. PABLO BONDAD and LIGORIO BONDAD, respondents.

G.R. No. 136722 | 2000-04-12

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
 
D E C I S I O N
 
PANGANIBAN, J.:
 
No person should be penalized for the exercise of the right to litigate. This right, however, must be exercised in good faith. Absence of good faith in the present case is shown by the fact that petitioner clearly has no cause of action against respondents but it recklessly filed suit anyway and wantonly pursued pointless appeals, thereby causing the latter to spend valuable time, money and effort in unnecessarily defending themselves, incurring damages in the process.
 
The Case
 
Before us is a Petition for Review under Rule 45...