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SPS Carbonel vs. METRO Bank

SPS. CRISTINO & EDNA CARBONELL, PETITIONERS, VS. METROPOLITAN BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 178467 | 2017-04-26

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
The petitioners assail the decision promulgated on December 7, 2006,[1] whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed with modification the decision rendered on May 22, 1998[2] by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 157, in Pasig City (RTC) dismissing the petitioners' complaint in Civil Case No. 65725 for its lack of merit, and awarded attorney's fees under the respondent's counterclaim.
 
Antecedents

The petitioners initiated against the respondent Civil Case No. 65725, an action for damages, alleging that they had experienced emotional shock, mental anguish, public ridicule, humiliation,...