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This document summarizes a court resolution regarding a civil suit for damages arising from a criminal case for issuing bad checks. The court found that the criteria for litis pendentia (pending suit) were met, as the civil and criminal cases involved the same parties and issues. Specifically, the criminal case for violating the Bouncing Checks law was filed first, before the civil case seeking to invalidate the checks. As such, the civil case amounted to forum shopping and was dismissed. The court determin

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Asiong

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