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Manila Electric Company vs. Matilde Macabagdal Ramoy et al.

MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, Petitioner, versus MATILDE MACABAGDAL RAMOY, BIENVENIDO RAMOY, ROMANA RAMOY-RAMOS, ROSEMARIE RAMOY, OFELIA DURIAN and CYRENE PANADO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 158911 | 2008-03-04

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N


AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

This resolves the Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, praying that the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated December 16, 2002, ordering petitioner Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) to pay Leoncio Ramoy[2] moral and exemplary damages and attorney's fees, and the CA Resolution[3] dated July 1, 2003, denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration, be reversed and set aside.

The Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City, Branch 81, accurately summarized the facts as culled from the...