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Vda. De Urbano vs. GSIS

PURIFICACION M. VDA. DE URBANO, PEDRO DE CASTRO, AURELIO I. ARRIENDA, ARNEL U. ARRIENDA, ALBERT U. ARRIENDA, ALICE A. PEDRON and MARILYN C. BILOG, petitioners, vs. GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS), FELICIANO BELMONTE, JR., ZACARIAS BELTRAN, JR., MARCIAL SECOQUIAN and CRISPINA DELA CRUZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 137904 | 2001-10-19

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

The petitioners in the case at bar have been fighting tooth and nail for a roof above their heads. They have fought long and hard but still not enough, for while as a succor institution the respondent GSIS can bend back to accommodate the needs of a member, it can only bend as far as it can also assure the solvency of its funds for the common good of its members.

This is a petition for review on certiorari to annul and set aside the Court of Appeals' October 30, 1998 decision[1] and March 4, 1999 resolution affirming the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 102, dismissing petitioner's...