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GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM vs. SPOUSES GONZALO and MATILDE LABUNG-DEANG

GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, petitioner, vs. SPOUSES GONZALO and MATILDE LABUNG-DEANG, respondents.

G.R. No. 135644 | 2001-09-17

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The petitioner in the case is the Government Service Insurance System (hereafter, "GSIS"). Having lost the case in the trial court and the Court of Appeals, it now comes to this Court for redress.

At the onset, we state that the issue is not "suability" or whether GSIS may be sued despite the doctrine of state immunity from suit, but liability, whether or not GSIS may be liable to pay damages to respondent spouses given the applicable law and the circumstances of the case.[1]

The Case

The case is a petition[2] for review on certiorari of the decision of the Court of Appeals[3] affirming the decision of the...