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Teodorico Manzanares, et al. vs. People of the Philippines

TEODORICO MANZANARES, Petitioner, versus THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent. / EDUARDO YANG, doing business under the name and style of MANHATTAN ENTERPRISES, INC., and TEODORICO MANZANARES, Petitioners, versus Spouses EDILBERTO EXALTACION and ADELAIDA EXALTACION, Respondents, / MANHATTAN ENTERPRISES, CO., and TEODORICO MANZANARES, Petitioners, versus LYDIA, CONSEJO, MIGUEL, JR., WILFREDO, BELINDA, JOHNA, DANIEL, DESPOSORIO, VICTOR, ANTONIETTE [all surnamed ANAS] and MA. MILLIE ANAS-SACLOTE, Respondents, / TEODORICO MANZANARES, and EDUARDO YANG, Petitioners, versus FELICIDAD TOMAQUIN, Respondent, / MANHATTAN ENTERPRISES CO., and TEODORICO MANZANARES, Petitioners, versus EDUARDA DAPLINAN VDA. DE PASCO, ROSA PASCO ALONZO, JESUSA PASCO BUSLON, FRANCISCO PASCO, MIRAVER PASCO & MA. TERESA PASCO, Respondents, / TEODORICO MANZANARES, and EDUARDO YANG, Petitioners, versus CITA VICENTE, Respondent.

G.R. Nos. 153760-61 | 2006-10-12

FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
CHICO-NAZARIO, J.: 
 
This is a Petition for Review under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure which seeks to reverse and set aside the Decision of the Court of Appeals dated 30 April 2002[1] in CA-G.R. CR No. 19600 and CA-G.R. CV No. 53834 affirming the joint decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Malolos, Bulacan, in Criminal Case No. 5782-M and Civil Cases No. 6734-M, 6769-M, 6935-M, 6894-M, and 8478-M. 
 
The pertinent facts are as follows: 
 
At about 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon of 13 January 1983, a vehicular collision took place along MacArthur Highway,...