April 2016 - Philippine Supreme Court Decisions/Resolutions
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G.R. No. 217930, April 18, 2016 - SPOUSES JORGE NAVARRA AND CARMELITA NAVARRA, Petitioners, v. YOLANDA LIONGSON, Respondent.
SECOND DIVISION
G.R. No. 217930, April 18, 2016
SPOUSES JORGE NAVARRA AND CARMELITA NAVARRA, Petitioners, v. YOLANDA LIONGSON, Respondent.
D E C I S I O N
MENDOZA, J.:
This is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assailing the August 28, 2014 Amended Decision1 and the April 16, 2015 Resolution2 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 105568, which reversed its December 8, 2011 Decision3 and recalled and set aside the entry of judgment issued on January 6, 2012.
The Antecedents:
On September 23, 1993, Jose Liongson (Jose), the deceased husband of respondent Yolanda Liongson (Yolanda), filed a complaint for damages based on malicious prosecution against spouses Jorge and Carmelita Navarra (Spouses Navarra) and spouses Ruben and Cresencia Bernardo (Spouses Bernardo) [collectively referred as defendant spouses], before the Regional Trial Court, Branch 255, Las Pi