Whom The Gods Wish To Destroy!


Not in my lifetime did I dream that  lead counsel Justice Serafin Cuevas could be this simpleton to commit the blunder of a neophyte trial lawyer — calling a witness he did not prep and ask her questions the answers of which he had not expected. Or perhaps, the veteran lawyer and jurist was misled by his…

Senator Santiago, Her Bad Mouth and Her Bad Law!


Senator Miriam Santiago is intellectually dishonest, and a bad mouth too.  But she  is a very lucky damsel — she can  spew the most blatant legal rubbish on the floor of the Senate and afterwards savors her ignorant  bliss in her seat massaging her vanity thinking perhaps that among the Senators assembled, she was the only one…

Last Clear Chance, My Foot! (Enough Senator Santiago, Please)


Last clear chance is a doctrine in torts law wherein a plaintiff can recover damages from defendant even if the plaintiff was the one negligent if he can show that the defendant had the last clear opportunity to avoid the accident. Example: Driver ‘A’ was drunk and was zigzagging on the road.  Driver ‘B’ was on the same…