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By Joel R. San Juan @jrsanjuan1573

THE Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of the P30-million damage suit filed by a businesswoman against Ayala-owned real estate developer, Alveo Land Corporation, as well as one of the country’s top construction companies and a gas supplier in connection with the 2013 explosion at Two Serendra residential condominium in Taguig which left four persons dead.

I n a 12-page ruling, the Court of Appeals’ Fifteenth Division dismissed the petition filed by Marianne Cayton seeking the reversal of the September 14, 2017 decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Taguig City Branch

271. Presiding Judge Paz Esperanza Cortes had dismissed the civil suit due to the failure of Cayton and her counsel to appear at the pretrial of the case and their failure to file a pretrial brief under the Rules of Court.

C ayton, in her motion for reconsideration, argued that Judge Cortes committed grave abuse of discretion in dismissing the complaint for failure to appear at the pretrial and to file pretrial brief.