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    Defendant is a Foreign Corporation Engaged in Trade and Business in the Philippines. It is mainly engaged in carrying and transporting passengers from Philippine ports to the US ports and vice versa. The vessel ran aground The Tubbataha reefs in Palawan on 5 January 2015. The complainant, including twenty four others sustained serious physical injuries due to the strong impact of the vessel to the reefs.

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    Defendant is a Foreign Corporation Engaged in Trade and Business in the Philippines. It is mainly engaged in carrying and transporting passengers from Philippine ports to the US ports and vice versa. The vessel ran aground The Tubbataha reefs in Palawan on 5 January 2015. The complainant, including twenty four others sustained serious physical injuries due to the strong impact of the vessel to the reefs.

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    REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

    REGIONAL TRIAL COURT


    NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION
    BRANCH 155, MAKATI CITY

    REV. FATHER ELIAS HOLMES


    Plaintiff,

    - versus -

    Civil Case No. 001-2015


    FOR: DAMAGES
    KALIKASAN

    AND

    WRIT

    OF

    LPU CORPORATION
    Defendants,
    x--------------------------------x

    PRELIMINARYCONFERENCE

    The(stipulated)factsasagreedbyplaintiffsanddefendants.

    1)ThedefendantisaForeignCorporationEngagedinTradeandBusinessinthePhilippines.It
    ismainlyengagedincarryingandtransportingpassengersfromPhilippineportstotheUSports
    andviceversa.US M/VThomas isapassengervesselwithacapacityof3000passengersper
    trip.

    2)ThecomplainantisaresidentofIloIlo,andapassengerofUS M/VThomas (apassenger


    vesselownedandoperatedbyhereindefendantLPUCorp.headedtoCalifornia,USA),fora
    EucharisticCongregation.

    3)ThevesselranagroundtheTubbatahareefsinPalawanon5January2015.

    4)USM/VThomascarrying(2,530)twothousandfivehundredthirtypassengers,includingthe
    complainantherein,lefttheportofSubicbaytohernextportofcallinSingaporeandenrouteto
    itsnextdestinationtherewasalreadyalowpressureareaarising.

    5)WhileM/VThomasisonitswaytotheSubicPort,theShipCaptain,Capt.JohnScott(Capt.
    Scottforbrevity)receivedawarningthatitwillbehardtopassthroughtheirusualroutedueto
    theincomingtyphoon(typhoonSimon).

    6)Capt.Scotttheninstantaneouslydecidedtochangetherouteforfearofthesafetyofthecrew
    andpassengerswithoutsecuringpermitandapprovalofthePhilippineportauthority.

    7)FromthenorthwestofSuluSea,theyreroutedtothesoutheastofPalawan.Whiletraversing
    theinternalwatersofPalawan,M/VThomasranagroundtheTubbatahareefs.

    8)Asaresultthereof,thecomplainant,includingtwentyfourotherssustainedseriousphysical
    injuriesduetothestrongimpactofthevesseltothereefs.

    9)Thecomplainantwasadvisedtotakearestfor120daysfortheinjuriesthatitsustained.The
    strongimpactalsocauseddamagetothecoralreefswhere,atpresenttime,shipstillremains
    afloat.TheTubbatahacoralreefsisaUNESCOheritagesite.

    10)Thecomplainantisseekingforthefollowingreliefs,towit;

    DamagesforthebreachofContractofCarriage.

    IssuanceofWritofKalikasan.

    Actualandlitigationexpenses

    THEDISPUTEARISESFROMTHECLAIMOFTHEDEFENDANTSTHAT:
    Thedefendantarguestheycannotbeheldliableforbreachofcontractofcarriage;andthatthis
    courtisnotclothwithauthoritytoissueaTEPO/WritofKalikasan.

    THEISSUESOFTHECASEARE:
    1. WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A BREACH OF CONTRACT OF
    CARRIAGE THAT WOULD ENTITLE THE PLAINTIFF DAMAGES.

    2. WHETHER OR NOT THE ISSUANCE OF TEPO/WRIT OF KALIKASAN


    IS PROPER.

    THEISSUESTHEREFOREARENOTFACTUALBUTQUESTIONSOFLAW,TOWIT:

    TO FACILITATE THE HEARING OF THE CASE IT WAS AGREED THAT AN


    EXCHANGEOFMEMORANDAANDWHATEVEREVIDENCETHROUGHAFFIDAVITS.

    DEADLINEFORSUBMISSIONOFBOTHPARTIESOFSIMULTANEOUSMEMORANDA
    ANDANNEXESISONFEB.7.10AMINCLASS. BEREADYFORCLARIFICATORY
    QUESTIONSFROMTHEJUDGESANDI.

    (CORRECTEDCOPY:PLEASEREDOACCORDINGTOCORRECTIONS.)

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