"3. ID.;ID.;ID.;ID.; FOR RES JUDICATA TO APPLY, ABSOLUTE IDENTITY OF PARTIES IS NOT REQUIRED BECAUSE SUBSTANTIAL IDENTITY IS SUFFICIENT. — For res judicata to apply, absolute identity of parties is not required because substantial identity is sufficient. Inclusion of additional parties will not affect the application of the principle of res judicata. In both cases, the subject matter involved is the Iligan Integrated Steel Mills, Inc."
Source -
[G.R. No. 96921. January 29, 1993.]
DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY and NATIONAL STEEL CORPORATION, Petitioners, v. JUDGE AMIR PUNDOGAR, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Iligan City, 12th Judicial Region, Branch III, FERNANDO JACINTO, JACINTO STEEL, INC., and ILIGAN INTEGRATED STEEL MILLS, INC., Respondents.
Office of the Government Corporate Counsel for petitioners.
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