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Bordomeo, et al. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

Roberto Bordomeo, Jayme Sarmiento, and Gregorio Barredo, Petitioners. vs. Court of Appeals, Hon. Secretary of Labor, and International Pharmaceuticals Inc., Respondents

G.R. No. 161596 | 2013-02-20

 
FIRST DIVISION 
 
DECISION
 
BERSAMIN, J.: 
 
As an extraordinary remedy, certiorari cannot replace or supplant an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law, like an appeal in due course. It is the inadequacy of a remedy in the ordinary course of law that determines whether certiorari can be a proper alternative remedy. 
 
 
The Case 
 
The petitioners implore the Court to reverse and set aside the Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) promulgated on May 30, 2003 in C.A.-G.R. SP No. 65970 entitled Roberto Bordomeo, Anecito Cupta, Jaime Sarmiento and Virgilio Saragena v. Honorable Secretary...