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Philippine Rabbit Bus Lines, Inc vs PEOPLE

PHILIPPINE RABBIT BUS LINES, INC., Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,

G.R. No. 147703 | 2004-04-14

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

When the accused-employee absconds or jumps bail, the judgment meted out becomes final and executory. The employer cannot defeat the finality of the judgment by filing a notice of appeal on its own behalf in the guise of asking for a review of its subsidiary civil liability. Both the primary civil liability of the accused-employee and the subsidiary civil liability of the employer are carried in one single decision that has become final and executory.

The Case

Before this Court is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the March 29, 2000[2] and the March 27, 2001[3]...