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	GR NO. 154717 2009-06-19	BONIFACIO M. MEJILLANO v. ENRIQUE LUCILLO QUISUMBING, J.
The raison d'être for such necessity was equally clarified in the same case: in appeals from inferior courts to the RTC, the appellant's brief is mandatory[22] since only errors specifically assigned and properly argued in the appeal memorandum will be considered in the decision on the merits.[23]
	GR NO. 167245 2006-09-27	ELPIDIO S. UY v. FIRST METRO INTEGRATED STEEL CORP. YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.
Petitioner's argument that his counsel's negligence was so gross that he was deprived of due process fails to impress. Gross negligence is not one of the grounds for a motion for a new trial. We cannot declare his counsel's negligence as gross as to liberate him from the effects of his failure to present countervailing evidence.[29] In Air Philippines Corporation v. International Business Aviation Services, Phils., Inc.,[30] we did not consider as gross negligence the counsel's resort to dilatory schemes, such as (1) the filing of at least three motions to extend the filing of petitioner's Answer; (2) his nonappearance during the scheduled pretrials; and (3) the failure to file petitioner's pretrial Brief, even after the filing of several Motions to extend the date for filing.