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Fortune Life Company Inc. vs. COA (Resolution)

FORTUNE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT (COA) PROPER; COA REGIONAL OFFICE NO. VI-­WESTERN VISAYAS; AUDIT GROUP LGS-B, PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE; AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF ANTIQUE, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 213525 (Resolution) | 2017-11-21

R E S O L U T I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
A party and its counsel who make offensive and disrespectful statements in their motion for reconsideration may be properly sanctioned for indirect contempt of court.

We hereby resolve the following submissions of the petitioner, namely: (aJoint Explanation;[1] (bManifestation with Motion for Leave to File Second Motion for Reconsideration;[2] and (cSecond Motion for Reconsideration.[3]

To recall the antecedents, the Court issued a resolution on January 27, 2015 denying the petitioner's Motion for Reconsideration[4] on the following grounds, namely: (a)...