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Petitioner Sulpicio Lines, Inc. was contracted to transport timber for ALC using its tugboat MT Edmund and barge Solid VI. However, loading could not be done due to heavy rain. The next day, stevedores hired by ALC boarded the barge to open its storeroom, despite warnings about gas and heat in the holds. One stevedore, Leoncio Pamalaran, lost consciousness and died of gas poisoning. His heirs filed a civil case against Sulpicio Lines and others. The Court of Appeals ruled the common carrier, Sulpicio Lines,

Author
Claude Posadas
Language
EN