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Ang vs. De Venecia

DRS. REYNALDO ANG AND SUSAN CUCIO-ANG, PETITIONERS, VS. ROSITA DE VENECIA, ANGEL MARGARITO D. CARAMAT, JR., EMMA TRINIDAD CARAMAT, JOSE MARI B. SOTO, JEN LEE G. VILVAR,[1] AND THE CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE OF THE CITY OF MAKATI, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 217151 | 2020-02-12

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
REYES, A., JR., J.:
 
Does the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC) have jurisdiction over a suit filed by a homeowner whose house was damaged by a construction project undertaken by her neighbor?

This is the question posed by the present Petition for Review[2] on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court. It assails the November 12, 2014[3] and February 20, 2015[4] Orders of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati City, Branch 134, in Civil Case No. 09-510, which denied the Motion to Retain Jurisdiction and to Proceed with Trial and the...