3 Globe Mackay vs. CA

I l l egalDi smi mi ssalandMal i ci ousPr osecut i on Gl obeMa MackayCabl eandRadi oCorp.vs.CA Facts:Rest i t ut oT o bi a s ,pr i v a t er e s po nde nt ,i sapur c ha s i nga dmi ni s t r a t i v eas s i s t a nt t ot he engi neer i ng oper at i ons manager ,di scov er ed fict i t i ous pur chases and ot her f r audul entt r ansact i ons,whi ch cause d Gl obe Mackay t ol ose se ve r alt housands of pesos.Her eport edi tt ohi si mmedi at esuper i orEduardoFerr arenandt ot heexecut i ve  vi c epr esi dentand gener almanagerHer ber tHendr y .Thene xtmor ni ng,Hendr yt ol d  Tobi ast hathewast henumberonesuspec tandt hushewasor der e dt oaf or cel eav e ofoneweek.Whenher et ur nedt owor k,Hendryc al l edhi m a“ cr ook”anda“ swi ndl er ” , or der ed hi m t ot akea l i edet ect ort est ,and t o submi ts peci men ofhi shandwr i t i ng, s i g nat ur e and i ni t i al sf orpol i c ei nv e s t i g at i o n.Mo r e ov e r ,pe t i t i one r s hi r e d a pr i v at e i nv e st i g a t o r .The i nv e st i g at i o n wa s no tc ompl e t e s ,t he l i e de t e c t o rt e s t sr e s ul twa wa s ne g at i v e ;r e po r t sf r o m t hepo l i c ei nv e st i g a t o r sar ei nf a v ouro fT o bi a s ,b uts uc h we r e no tg i v e nme r i t s .  Tobi asr ecei v e d anot i c eoft er mi nat i on ofhi sempl oymentf r om pe t i t i oner s .He s oughtemp mpl oy mentwi t ht heRepubl i cTel e phone Comp mpany ( RETELCO) ;butHendr y  wr ot et o RETELCO s t at i ng t hat Tobi as was di smi sse d by Gl obe Mac kay due t o di s ho ne s t y .T o bi e s ,t he n,fil e d ac i v i lc a s ef o rda ma ma g e sa nc ho r e do na l l e g e d unl a wf ul , mal i ci ous,oppr essi ve,and abusi veact s ofpet i t i oner s.The RTC rul ed i nf avourof  Tobi as .Henc et hi spe t i t i on.

I ssue:1.Whet herornotGl obeMackay i sl i abl ef ordama mages i ni l l egal l ydi smi mi ssi ng  Tobi as ; 2. Whe t he r or no t Gl obe Mac kay was l i abl ef or damage sf or mal i ci ous pr o se c ut i o n

Hel d:1.Yes.Oneoft hemo mor enot abl ei nnovat i onsoft heNCC i st hecodi ficat i on of “ s o me meba s i cpr i nc i pl e st ha tar et o beo bs e r v e df o rt her i g ht f ulr e l a t i o ns hi p be t we e n human bei ngs and f or t he st abi l i t y of t he soci al or der . ” Fore most amo mong t hes e pr i nc i pl e si st ha tpr o no unc e di nAr t i c l e19whi c hpr o v i de s :  Ar t .19.Ev er y per son mus t ,i nt he e xer ci s e ofhi sr i ght s and i nt he pe r f o r ma ma nc eo fhi sdut i e s ,a c twi t hj us t i c e ,g i v ee v e r y o nehi sdue ,a ndo bs e r v eho ne s t y andgoodf ai t h.

nci pl e of  Thi s ar t i cl e ,known t o cont ai n whati s commonl y cal l e d as t he pri abuseofri ghts ,set scer t ai nst andardswh whi chmustbeobser vedonl yi nt heexer ci seof o ne ’ sr i g ht sbutal s oi nt hepe r f o r ma manc eofo ne ’ sdut i e s .Thel a w,t he r e f o r e ,r e c og ni z e s

a pri mor di all i mi t at i on on al lr i ght s;t hati nt hei rexer ci se,t he norms ofhuman c o nduc ts e tf o r t hi nt hes ai da r t i c l emus tbeo bs e r v e d .A r i g ht ,t ho us h byi t s e l fl e g a l  becauser ecogni z edorgr ant edbyl aw assuc h,mayne v er t hel essbecomet hesour ceof somei l l egal i t y .Whenari ghti sexer ci sedi namannerwhi chdoesnotconf orm wi t ht he nor ms enshr i ned i n Ar t i cl e 19 and r esul t si n damage t o anot her ,a l eg alwr ong i s t her ebycommi t t edf orwhi cht hewr ongdoermustbehel dr esponsi bl e.Buthi l eArt i cl e 19 l aysdown a r ul eofconductf ort hegove r nmentofhuman r el at i onsand f ort he mai nt e nanc eofs o ci alo r de r ,i tdo e sno tpr o v i dea r e me dyf o ri t svi o l at i o n.Ge ne r a l l y , anact i onf ordamagesunderei t herArt i cl e20orAr t i cl e21woul dbepr oper .  Ar t i cl e 20.Ev er y per son who cont r ar yt ol aw,wi l f ul l y ornegl i gent l y causes da mag et oano t he r ,s ha l li nde mni f yt hel a t t e rf o rt hes a me . Ho we v e r ,i nt hec as eatbar ,pe t i t i o ne r sc l ai mt ha tt he ydi dno tv i o l at eanypr o v i s i o no f l aw si ncet hey wer e mer el y exer ci si ng t hei rri ghtt o di smi ss Tobi as.Thi s does not , ho we v e r ,l e av eT obi aswi t hnor e l i e f .  Ar t i cl e21.Anyper sonwhowi l f ul l ycausesl ossori nj ur yt oanot heri namanner t hati scont r aryt omoral s,goodcust omsorpubl i cpol i cyshal lcompensat et hel at t er f ort hedamage. I nde t e r mi ni ngwhe t he ro rno tt hepr i nc i pl eo fa bus eo fr i g ht sma ybei nv o ke d,t he r ei s no r i gi dt estwhi ch can beappl i ed.Theques t i on ofwhet herornott hepr i nci pl eof abuseofr i ght shasbeenvi ol at edr esul t i ngi ndamagesdependson t heci r cumst ances ofe ch case .And i nt he i nst antcase ,t he Cour t ,af t erexami ni ng t he r ec or d and consi der i ng cer t ai n si gni ficant ci r cumst ances ,finds t hat pet i t i oner s have i ndeed abuse dt he r i ghtt hatt hey i nvoke,causi ng damage t o pri vat er es pondentand f or  whi c ht hel at t ermus tnow bei ndemni fied. 2.Yes.Gl obeMackayi sl i abl ef ordamages.Thecour t ,af t ere xami ni ngt her ecor dand c o ns i de r i ng c e r t a i ns i g ni fic a ntc i r c ums t a nc e s ,findst ha ta l lpe t i t i o ne r s ha v ei nde e d abuse dt he r i ghtt hatt heyi nvoke,causi ng damage t oo pri vat er espondentand f or  whi c ht hel at t e rmus tnow bei ndemni fied.Whe nHendr yt ol dTobi ast oj us tconf essor el set hecompanywoul dfil eahundr edmor ecasesagai nsthi m unt i lhel andedi nj ai l ; Hendry’ sr emar ks aboutFi l i pi nos ( “ You Fi l i pi nos cannotbe t r ust ed. ” )as wel las ag ai ns tT obi as( ‘ c r o o k”and“ s wi ndl e r ” ) ;t hewr i t i ngofal e t t e rt oRETELCO s t at i ngt hat  Tobi aswasdi shones t ;andt hefil i ngofsi xcr i mi nalcasesbype t i t i oner sagai ns tTobi as.  Al lt hese r ev ealt hatpe t i t i oner s ar e mot i v at ed by mal i ci ous and unl awf uli nt entt o har ass,oppr ess ,and causedamaget oTobi as.Thei mput at i on ofgui l twi t houtbasi s

and t he pat t er n of har assment dur i ng t he i nve st i gat i on of T obi as t r ansgr ess t he st andar dsofhumanconducse tf ort hi nAr t i cl e19oft heNCC.