Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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G.R. No. 125678. March 18, 2002.
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* FIRST DIVISION.
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another woman who was still alive. The health care agreement is
in the nature of a contract of indemnity. Hence, payment should
be made to the party who incurred the expenses. It is not
controverted that respondent paid all the hospital and medical
expenses. She is therefore entitled to reimbursement. The records
adequately prove the expenses incurred by respondent for the
deceased’s hospitalization, medication and the professional fees of
the attending physicians.
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:
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1 Record, p. 28.
2 Exhibit “4”, Record, p. 156.
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3 Dated November 16, 1993; penned by Judge Lolita Gal-lang; Rollo, pp.
134-135.
4 Dated December 14, 1995, penned by Associate Justice Fidel P.
Purisima, concurred in by Associate Justices Fermin A. Martin, Jr. and
Conchita Carpio Morales; Rollo, p. 45.
5 Resolution dated July 23, 1996; Rollo, p. 48.
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11 Ibid.
12 Ibid.
13 Ibid., p. 13.
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