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Ildefonso P. Jacinto vs. Bernabe M. Castro etc.

ILDEFONSO P. JACINTO, Complainant, versus BERNABE M. CASTRO, Sheriff IV, Regional Trial Court, Branch 24, Echague, Isabela, Respondent.

A.M. No. P-04-1907 [formerly OCA I.P.I. No. 04-1872-P] | 2007-07-03

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CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Branch 24 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Echague, Isabela found the accused in Criminal Case No. JR-2387, "People of the Philippines v. Christopher Salvador," guilty of reckless iVmprudence resulting in homicide and physical injuries[1] and ordered him to pay Ildefonso P. Jacinto (Jacinto), herein complainant, among others, actual damages in the amount of P73,266 and attorney's fees in the amount of P10,000, and in case of insolvency, Artemio Salvador (Salvador), the owner of the passenger jeepney involved in the case, would be subsidiarily liable.

The trial court subsequently...