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Gregorio Pesta?o and Metro Cebu Autobus Corp vs Sps Teotimo and Paz Sumayang

GREGORIO PESTA?O and METRO CEBU AUTOBUS CORPORATION, petitioners, vs. Spouses TEOTIMO SUMAYANG and PAZ C. SUMAYANG, respondents.

G.R. No. 139875 | 2000-12-04

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Factual findings of the Court of Appeals, affirming those of the trial judge, are binding on this Court. In quasi-delicts, such findings are crucial because negligence is largely a matter of evidence. In computing an award for lost earning capacity, the life expectancy of the deceased, not that of the heir, is used as basis.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the April 21, 1999 Decision and the August 6, 1999 Resolution of the Court of Appeals1 Penned by Justice Rodrigo V. Cosico with the concurrence of Justices Artemon D. Luna,...