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Facts:
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At about 1:00 pm, June 18, 1952, Bus No. 133 of the Laguna Tayabas Bus Company (LTB)
bound for Lilio Laguna (departing from Azcarriaga St., Manila) collided with the engine of a
train then passing by the national railroad tracks of the poblacion of Bay, Laguna.
One of the injured: Edgardo Cariaga
o 4th year medical student (UST).
o Sustained grave injuries; He was unconscious for 35 days, and his right forehead was
fractured in such a way that it necessitated the removal of practically all of the right
frontal lobe of his brain. Under the testimony of Dr. Fernandez (psychiatrist),
Cariagas mental capacity has been reduced to that he can no longer finish his studies.
Right frontal bone of his head was replaced by a tantalum plate that when pressed in
or dented in (the brain), could cause Cariagas death. The gist of it is that he became
an invalid after the accident.
o LTB paid for the expenses in the hospitalization of Cariaga.
Cariaga (plus parents) filed a case against LTB and the Manila Railroad Company (MRR Co.)
for the recovery of P312,000.00 worth of actual, compensatory, moral and exemplary
damages.
o Lower Court: Negligence of the bus driver that caused the accident; sentenced LTB
to pay Cariaga P10,490.00.
Both the Cariaga and the LTB appealed.
o Cariaga: for awarding only P10K+ in compensatory damages and not awarding them
actual and moral damages
o LTB: the fault should not have been bore by them alone; MRR Co. should be
included (collision: both because of MRR Co. and bus driver).
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