PANGCATANV.

MAGHUYOP to deter
mine whether Pangcat
an is
quali
fi
ed as an i
ndigentli
ti
gantthru
G.
R.NO.194412,
Nov
ember16,
2016
applyi
ngtheRule3,Section21oft he
BERSAMI
N,J.
: RulesofCour
t

 Pangcatan submitsthatt he CA err

ed
because he was exempt f rom the
FACTS:
paymentofdocketf eessi nceheisa
 The pet it
ioner,Samsoden Pangcat an, cli
entoft he Publ
ic Att
orney’s Of
fi
ce
commencedCi vi
lCaseno.188- 02i nthe (PAO),such exemptionispur suantto
RTCt or ecoverv ari
ousdamageshehad RA NO. 9406 howev er it was not
sufferedinApr i
l2002f r
om thev ehicular enacted yetatt he ti
me he f il
ed t
he
accidentcaused byt henegl i
genceof compl ai
nt.
the def endants, Alexandro “ Dodong”
Maghuy op and Bel i
ndo Banki a,who
wer e the owner and dr iver of t he I
SSUE:
passengerv anthatPangcat anhi r
edt o
Whetherornott he Republ
ic ActNo.
transporthi msel fand hi s pur chased
9406canberet
roact
ivel
yappliedtoPangcat
an.
goodst oMar gosatubig,Zamboangadel
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 OnSept ember2002,Pangcatanfi
l
edhi s RULI
NG:
complainandhi sExPar teMot i
onf or
 Yes, becauseasst atedintheAr t
icle4of
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l
eCaseasPauperLi t
igant
the Ci v
ilCode,one except ion t ot he
whichwasgr ant
edbyt heRTCt hruits
prospectiveeffectsoflawsi sthati fthe
orderdatedSeptember4,2002.
l
aw i spr ocedural
,itshouldappl yt oall
 Maghuy op and Banki ao mov ed to accruedorpendi ng,andf ut
ur eact i
ons.
di
smi ssed the compl aint but such Furthermor e,new r ul
es ofcour ts on
di
smi ssalwas deni ed byt he RTC on procedur e can al se be appl ied t o
January27,2003andal sot heirMot
ion pendi ng acti
ons f ort he reason t hat
toStrikeOutAl lPleadingsf i
l
edbyt he therei s no v est
ed right
si nrul es of
Plai
ntiffwasdeniedt hr
ut heRTC’ sor
der procedur esl.
on August 22,2006 r esult
ing toa
 Int hiscase,si ncet heexempt i
oni sa
j
udgement i n f avor of Pangcat an
mat terofprocedur e, theRA9406canbe
whereint heywer eor deredt opayt he
retroacti
velyappl i
edt oPangcatanev en
pl
aintif
f.
thoughhef ail
edt osubmi ttherelevant
 Maghuy op and Banki ao appeal
ed and document at
ion t o compl y with t he
contended t heRTC er r
ed in acquir
ing condi t
ionerpr escribed by Sect i
on 19,
j
urisdi
ctionov ertheclai
m ofPangcat an Rule141oft heRul esofCour t.Thisi s
whichr esultedtot heannulmentoft he necausesuchcondi tionwasr emov edby
decisi
oni nCi v
ilCaseNo.188- 02and the Cour t Admi nist rat
or by issui ng
remandedt hecaset otheRTCt ohear CircularNo.121- 2007.
theplainti
ff-appel
lee’
sExPar teMot ion
 Thus,
thepet
it
ioni
sgr
ant
ed.
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gant