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Josefa vs. Manila Electric Company (MERALCO)

VICENTE JOSEFA, Petitioner, vs. MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, Respondent.

G.R. No. 182705 | 2014-07-18

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
BRION, J.:
 
We resolve the petition for review on certiorari1 filed by petitioner Vicente Josefa, doing business under the name and style of 747 Lumber and Construction Supply, to challenge the January 31, 2008 decision2 and the April 29, 2008 resolution3 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 87512.
 
The Factual Antecedents
 
At around 1:45 p.m. on April 21, 1991, a dump truck, a jeepney and a car figured in a vehicular accident along Ortigas Avenue, Pasig City.4 As a result of the accident, a 45-foot...