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LRTA vs. Joy Mart Consolidated Inc. [SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION, GESMUNDO, C.J.]

[G.R. No. 211281] LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (LRTA), PETITIONER, VS. JOY MART CONSOLIDATED INC.,* AND ISETANN DEPARTMENT STORE, INC. RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 212602] JOY MART CONSOLIDATED INC., AND ISETANN DEPARTMENT STORE, INC., PETITIONERS, VS. LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (LRTA) AND PHOENIX OMEGA DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 211281/G.R. No. 212602 | 2022-02-15

SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION
 
GESMUNDO, C.J.:
 
Before the Court are two consolidated petitions: in G.R. No. 211281, it assails the Decision[1] dated February 6, 2014 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 100000, upholding the right of first option of Joy Mart Consolidated, Inc. (Joy Mart) and Isetann Department Store, Inc. (Isetann) to develop the consolidated block of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Carriedo station; and in G.R. No. 212602, it assails the same decision and the Resolution dated May 19, 2014 insofar as said rulings dismissed Joy Mart's claim for damages.
 
These cases stemmed from the...