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NACHURA, J.:
When is a litigant estopped by laches from assailing the
jurisdiction of a tribunal? This is the paramount issue
raised in
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ment of two (2) years, ten (10) months and twenty-one (21) days to four (4)
years and two (2) months and to indemnify the heirs of the deceased in the
amount of:
1. P50,000.00 indemnity;
2. P3,034,560.00 for loss of earning capacity;
3. P24,000 for cemetery lot;
4. P45,000 for funeral expenses;
5. P54,221.00 for wake expenses.
SO ORDERED.
(Id., at pp. 24-25 and 56.)
7Id., at p. 25.
8The dispositive portion of the CA decision reads:
WHEREFORE, the appealed judgment is AFFIRMED with
MODIFICATION. As modified, the judgment reads: Appellant Vinancio
Figueroa is found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Homicide Through
Reckless Imprudence with violation of the Land Transportation and
Traffic Code (formerly the Automobile Law) and is accordingly hereby
sentenced to suffer an indeterminate penalty of One (1) Year, Four (4)
Months and One (1) Day of prision correccional as minimum to Three (3)
Years, Six (6) Months and Twenty (20) Days of prision correccional as
maximum, and to pay the heirs of the victim the following:
1. P50,000.00 as civil indemnity;
2. P339,840.00 as damages for loss of earning capacity;
3. P45,000 for funeral expenses; and
4. P24,000 for burial expenses
SO ORDERED. (Id., at 30.)
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28Id., at p. 337.
29G.R. No. 154684, September 8, 2005, 469 SCRA 424.
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33G.R. No. 167988, February 6, 2007, 514 SCRA 616.
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36Wisdoms Admr v. Sims, 144 S.W. 2d 232, 235, 236, 284 Ky. 258.
37Tijam v. Sibonghanoy, supra, at p. 37.
38C & S Fishfarm Corp. v. Court of Appeals, 442 Phil. 279, 290-291;
394 SCRA 82, 91 (2002).
39Smith v. Smith, 265 N.C. 18, 27; 143 S.E. 2d 300, 306 (1965).
40Veneracion v. Mancilla, G.R. No. 158238, July 20, 2006; 495 SCRA
712.
41Arcelona v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 102900, October 2, 1997, 280
SCRA 20, 53.
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