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SLU vs Cordero

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY and ENGR. CHRISTINE O. BAUTISTA, Petitioners, versus WINSTON JOSEPH Z. CORDERO and SPS. LUCIO CORDERO, and EVELYN CORDERO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 144118 | 2004-07-21

DECISION



DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:



This case stemmed from an accident that occurred during an experiment in the Organic Chemistry class at Saint Louis University (SLU), Baguio City, when chemicals known as anhydrous sodium acetate and barium hydroxide burst from a hard test tube and hit the face and eyes of a student, herein respondent Winston Joseph Z. Cordero, causing his right eye to be totally blind.



On 3 August 1995 at about 1:00 p.m. at the College of Chemical Engineering in SLU, Winston was doing a laboratory experiment on Hydrocarbons-Alkanes Methane during his class in Organic Chemistry under his teacher petitioner Engr....