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    Philippine Rabbit vs. Philam Forwarders

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    Philippine Rabbit Bus Lines and Felix Pangalangan sued Phil-American Forwarders, Archimedes Balingit, and Fernando Pineda for damages arising from a vehicular accident. Pineda recklessly drove a freight truck owned by Phil-American and bumped into a bus owned by Philippine Rabbit and driven by Pangalangan. The Supreme Court ruled that the term "manager" in Article 2180 of the Civil Code does not include the manager of a corporation. Thus, Balingit, as the manager of Phil-American Forwarders, could not be held liable for the accident under quasi-delict since he was also an employee of the corporation.

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    Philippine Rabbit Bus Lines and Felix Pangalangan sued Phil-American Forwarders, Archimedes Balingit, and Fernando Pineda for damages arising from a vehicular accident. Pineda recklessly drove a freight truck owned by Phil-American and bumped into a bus owned by Philippine Rabbit and driven by Pangalangan. The Supreme Court ruled that the term "manager" in Article 2180 of the Civil Code does not include the manager of a corporation. Thus, Balingit, as the manager of Phil-American Forwarders, could not be held liable for the accident under quasi-delict since he was also an employee of the corporation.

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    Philippine Rabbit Bus Lines and Felix Pangalangan sued Phil-American Forwarders, Archimedes Balingit, and Fernando Pineda for damages arising from a vehicular accident. Pineda recklessly drove a freight truck owned by Phil-American and bumped into a bus owned by Philippine Rabbit and driven by Pangalangan. The Supreme Court ruled that the term "manager" in Article 2180 of the Civil Code does not include the manager of a corporation. Thus, Balingit, as the manager of Phil-American Forwarders, could not be held liable for the accident under quasi-delict since he was also an employee of the corporation.

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    Philippine Rabbit vs. Philam Forwarders

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    Philippine Rabbit Bus Lines and Felix Pangalangan sued Phil-American Forwarders, Archimedes Balingit, and Fernando Pineda for damages arising from a vehicular accident. Pineda recklessly drove a freight truck owned by Phil-American and bumped into a bus owned by Philippine Rabbit and driven by Pangalangan. The Supreme Court ruled that the term "manager" in Article 2180 of the Civil Code does not include the manager of a corporation. Thus, Balingit, as the manager of Phil-American Forwarders, could not be held liable for the accident under quasi-delict since he was also an employee of the corporation.

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    BRYAN ALBERT N.

    SUERTE

    PHILIPPINE RABBIT BUS LINES, INC. and FELIX PANGALANGAN, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. PHIL-
    AMERICAN FORWARDERS, INC., ARCHIMEDES J. BALINGIT and FERNANDO PINEDA, defendant-
    appellees.

    FACTS:

    On November 24, 1962, Pineda drove recklessly a freight truck, owned by Phil-American Forwarders, Inc.,
    along the national highway of Sto. Tomas, Pampanga. The truck bumped the bus driven by Pangalangan, which was
    owned by Philippine Rabbit Bus Lines, Inc. As a result of the bumping, Pangalangan suffered injuries and the bus was
    damaged and could not be used for seventy-nine days, thus depriving the company of earnings amounting to
    P8,665.51. Balingit was the manager of Phil-American Forwarders, Inc.

    ISSUE:

    W/N the terms “employers” and “owners and managers of an establishment or enterprise” used in Article
    2180 of the Civil Code, embrace the manager of a corporation owning a truck, the reckless operation of which
    allegedly resulted in the vehicular accident from which the damage arose.

    SC RULING:

    We are of the opinion that those terms do not include the manager of a corporation. It may be gathered from
    the context of Art 2180 that the term “manager” is used in the sense of “employer”.

    Hence, under the allegations of the complaint, no tortious or quasi-delictual liability can be fastened on
    Balingit as manager of Phil-American Forwarders, Inc., in connection with the vehicular accident already mentioned
    because he himself may be regarded as an employee of his employer, Phil-American Forwarders, Inc.

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