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Manliclic and Philippine Rabbit Bus Lines vs. Calaunan

MAURICIO MANLICLIC and PHILIPPINE RABBIT BUS LINES, INC., Petitioners, versus MODESTO CALAUNAN, Respondent.

G.R. No. 150157 | 2007-01-25

D E C I S I O N

CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

Assailed before Us is the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 55909 which affirmed in toto the decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Dagupan City, Branch 42, in Civil Case No. D-10086, finding petitioners Mauricio Manliclic and Philippine Rabbit Bus Lines, Inc. (PRBLI) solidarily liable to pay damages and attorney's fees to respondent Modesto Calaunan.

The factual antecedents are as follows:

The vehicles involved in this case are: (1) Philippine Rabbit Bus No. 353 with plate number CVD-478, owned by petitioner PRBLI and driven by petitioner Mauricio Manliclic; and (2)...