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Spouses Jayme vs. Apostol

SPS. BUENAVENTURA JAYME AND ROSARIO JAYME, Petitioners, versus RODRIGO APOSTOL, FIDEL LOZANO, ERNESTO SIMBULAN, MAYOR FERNANDO Q. MIGUEL, MUNICIPALITY OF KORONADAL (NOW CITY OF KORONADAL), PROVINCE OF SOUTH COTABATO, represented by the MUNICIPAL TREASURER and/or MUNICIPAL MAYOR FERNANDO Q. MIGUEL, and THE FIRST INTEGRATED BONDING AND INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. , Respondents.

G.R. No. 163609 | 2008-11-27

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
REYES, R.T., J.:
 
MAY a municipal mayor be held solidarily liable for the negligent acts of the driver assigned to him, which resulted in the death of a minor pedestrian?
 
Challenged in this petition for review on certiorari is the Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) which reversed and set aside the decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Polomolok, Cotabato City, Branch 39, insofar as defendant Mayor Fernando Q. Miguel is concerned. The CA absolved Mayor Miguel from any liability since it was not he, but the...