CA affirms dismissal of civil suit vs BI execs

The Court of Appeals (CA) has upheld the ruling issued by a lower court dismissing the suit for civil damages filed by businessman Robert Sobrepeña against Bureau of Immigration (BI) officials involved in his offloading from a flight to San Francisco, California in 2013.

- DAPHNE GALVEZ

In an 11-page decision penned by Associate Justice Apolinario Bruselas Jr., the CA's Fourth Division did not give credence to Sobrepeña's claim that the Pasig City court erred when it dismissed his complaint for violation of Article 32 of the New Civil Code.

The case stemmed from an incident on May 11, 2013 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, when Sobrepeña was barred from leaving the country because of his thenpending malversation cases filed by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) in connection with a dispute over Camp John Hay.