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Mel Velarde vs Lopez, Inc

MEL V. VELARDE, petitioner, vs. LOPEZ, INC., respondent.

G.R. No. 153886 | 2004-01-14

D E C I S I O N
 
CARPIO-MORALES, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, which seeks to review the decision[1] and resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals, raises the issue of whether the defendant in a complaint for collection of sum of money can raise a counterclaim for retirement benefits, unpaid salaries and incentives, and other benefits arising from services rendered by him in a subsidiary of the plaintiff corporation.

On January 6, 1997, Eugenio Lopez Jr., then President of respondent Lopez, Inc., as LENDER, and petitioner Mel Velarde, then General Manager of Sky Vision Corporation (Sky...