(UPDATES) THE Court of Appeals (CA) has found the owners of Sulpicio Lines Inc. liable for the deaths of 814 passengers and more than 500 still missing in the sinking of the MV Princess of the Stars in Romblon in 2008 and ordered them to pay P129.8 million in damages to the families of the victims.

In a 237-page decision penned by Associate Justice Wilhelmina Jorge-Wagan, a copy of which was obtained by The Manila Times, the appellate court said it found the owners of Sulpicio Lines, now renamed Philippine Span Asia Carriers Inc. (PSACI), guilty of gross negligence.