Shell Philippines vs Jalos
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G.R. No. 179918 September 8, 2010Shell Philippines Exploration VS Jalos!"#S$%n &e'ember 11, 1990 petitioner Shell Philippines Exploration (.V.)Shell* an+ the Rep,bli' o- the Philippines entere+ into Ser.i'e "ontra't /8-or the exploration an+ extra'tion o- petrole,m in north0estern Pala0an.#0o1earslater, Shell +is'o.ere+nat,ral 2asinthe"ama2o34alampa1aarea an+ p,rs,e+ its +e.elopment o- the 0ell ,n+er the 4alampa1a Nat,ralGasPro5e't. #hisentaile+the'onstr,'tionan+installationo- apipeline-romShell6s pro+,'tionplat-orm toits2aspro'essin2plantin(atan2as.#he pipeline spanne+ 708 9ilometers an+ 'rosse+ the %riental 4in+oro Sea.Respon+ents E-ren Jalos, Jo.en "ampan2, !rnal+o 4i5ares, an+ 77other in+i.i+,als )Jalos, et al* :le+ a 'omplaint -or +ama2es a2ainst Shellbe-ore the R#". #he1 'laime+ that the1 0ere all s,bsisten'e :shermen -romthe'oastal baran2a1o- (ans,+, %riental 4in+oro0hoseli.elihoo+0asa+.ersel1 a;e'te+ b1 the 'onstr,'tion an+ operation o- Shell6s nat,ral 2aspipeline. Jalos, et al 'laime+that their :sh'at'hbe'ame-e0a-ter the'onstr,'tion o- the pipeline. #he1 sai+ that stress to the marine li-e in the 4in+oro Sea.< #he1 no0 ha.e to sta1 lon2eran+ -arther o,t at sea to 'at'h :sh, as the pipeline6s operation has +ri.enthe :sh pop,lation o,t o- 'oastal 0aters. Shell mo.e+ -or +ismissal o- the'omplaint. ?t alle2e+ that the trial 'o,rt ha+ no 5,ris+i'tion o.er the a'tion,as it is a