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Coca-Cola vs. Spouse Bernardo

COCA-COLA BOTTLERS PHILIPPINES, INC., Petitioner, vs. SPOUSES JOSE R. BERNARDO AND LILIBETH R. BERNARDO, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE "JOLLY BEVERAGE ENTERPRISES," Respondents. Present: SERENO, CJ, Chairperson, LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, BERSAMIN, PERLAS-BERNABE, and CAGUIOA, JJ

G.R. No. 190667 | 2016-11-07

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court 
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
SERENO, CJ:
 
This is a Petition for Review1 filed by Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. (petitioner), from the Court of Appeals (CA) Decision2 and Resolution3 in CA-G.R. CV No. 91096. The CA affirmed in toto the Decision4 of Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 88 in Quezon City in Civil Case No. Q-00-42320.
 
This case originated from the claim for damages filed by respondent spouses Jose and Lilibeth Bernardo (respondents) against petitioner for violation of Articles 19, 20, 21, and 28 of the Civil Code. The RTC found petitioner liable to...