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Lampesa vs. De Vera

CORNELIO LAMPESA and DARIO COPSIYAT, Petitioners, versus DR. JUAN DE VERA, JR., FELIX RAMOS and MODESTO TOLLAS, Respondents.

G.R. No. 155111 | 2008-02-14

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
SECOND DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
QUISUMBING, J.:

This petition for review seeks the reversal of the Decision[1] dated August 21, 2002 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 49778 which had affirmed the Decision[2] dated March 22, 1995 of the Regional Trial Court of San Carlos City, Pangasinan, Branch 57, finding petitioners Cornelio Lampesa and Dario Copsiyat liable for damages on account of the injury sustained by respondent, Dr. Juan De Vera, Jr.

The antecedent facts, as found by the appellate court, are as follows:

On December 28, 1988, De Vera, Jr. boarded a passenger jeepney[3]...