SHIPSIDE vs.

CA

The petitioner filed a certiorari with the CA containing the requisite certification on non-
forum shopping but failed to attach proof that the person signing the certification was
authorized to do so.
The CA dismissed the petition. The petitioner submits a motion for reconsideration which
attached a secretarys certificate attesting to the signatorys authority to sign certificates
against forum shopping on behalf of the petitioner.
When the court of CA denied the motion, the petitioner sought relief with the SC.

ISSUE: Whether the CA erred in dismissing the petition of Shipside Inc.

RULING: YES. The court allows belated submission of certifications showing proof of the signatorys
authority in signing the certification of forum shopping.