Back

Eric Dela Cruz and Paul M. Lacuata Vs. Coca-Cola Bottlers Phils.

ERIC DELA CRUZ and RAUL M. LACUATA, Petitioners, versus COCA-COLA BOTTLERS PHILS. INC., Respondent.

G.R. No. 180465 | 2009-07-31

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

On August 12, 2000, Raymund Sales (Sales), a salesman of Coca-Cola Bottlers Phils., Inc. (respondent), figured in a motor vehicle accident while driving respondent's motor vehicle which he was then not authorized to use.

Sales was hospitalized in Lorma Medical Center in San Fernando, La Union where he was observed to have been under the influence of liquor at the time of the accident.[1] The August 12, 2000 police blotter of the incident indeed indicates that Sales was under the influence of liquor.[2]

Respondent soon discovered that Sales' co-employees secured an August 15, 2000 police report and...