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Sps. Alfredo Bontilao and Sherlina Bontilao Vs. Dr. Carlos Gerona

SPS. ALFREDO BONTILAO AND SHERLINA BONTILAO, Petitioners, versus DR. CARLOS GERONA, Respondent

G.R. No. 176675 | 2010-09-15

DECISION


VILLARAMA, JR., J.:

Before us is a petition for review on certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, assailing the June 28, 2006 Decision[2] and January 19, 2007 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 00201. The CA had reversed the March 23, 2004 Decision[4] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cebu City, Branch 6 and dismissed petitioners' complaint in Civil Case No. CEB-17822.

The facts are as follows:

On December 28, 1991, respondent Dr. Carlos Gerona, an orthopedic surgeon at the Vicente Gullas Memorial Hospital, treated petitioners' son, eight (8)-year-old Allen...