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Ernesto Syki vs Salvador Begasa

ERNESTO SYKI, petitioner, vs. SALVADOR BEGASA, respondent.

G.R. No. 149149 | 2003-10-23

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

Assailed in the instantthis petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court is the decision[1] dated January 31, 2001 of the Court of Appeals, affirming the decision dated May 5, 1998 of the Regional Trial Court of Negros Occidental, Branch 48, Bacolod City, in Civil Case No. 7458 for damages. The trial court awarded actual and moral damages to herein respondent Salvador Begasa who suffered injuries in an accident due to the negligence of Elizalde Sablayan, the truck driver of petitioner Ernesto Syki.

The facts follow.

On June 22, 1992, around 11:20 a.m., near the corner of Araneta and Magsaysay...