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Bankruptcy Estate of Charles B. Mitch vs. Mercantile Insurance Company [CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION, CAGUIOA, J.]

BANKRUPTCY ESTATE OF CHARLES B. MITICH a.k.a. CHARLIE MITICH AND JAMES L. KENNEDY, TRUSTEE OF THE BANKRUPTCY ESTATE OF CHARLES B. MITICH a.k.a. CHARLIE MITICH, PETITIONERS, VS. MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 238502] MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., PETITIONER, VS. BANKRUPTCY ESTATE OF CHARLES B. MITICH a.k.a. CHARLIE MITICH AND JAMES L. KENNEDY, TRUSTEE OF THE BANKRUPTCY ESTATE OF CHARLES B. MITICH a.k.a. CHARLIE MITICH, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 238041/G.R. No. 238502 | 2022-02-15

CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION
 
CAGUIOA, J.:
 
The ponencia affirms, with modification, the Decision dated November 27, 2017 and Resolution dated March 12, 2018 of the Court of Appeals (CA), and rules in favor of the bankruptcy estate of Charles B. Mitich and its trustee, James L. Kennedy (Mitich, et al.). In sum, while the ponencia affirms the enforcement of the Default Judgment dated July 21, 1994 (Default Judgment) of the Superior Court of the State of California, U.S.A. (California Court) in Case No. 673936 and reinstates the Regional Trial Court's (RTC) award of Php200,000.00 as...