JUSTICE MARTIN VILLARAMA, JR.: JOINDER OF CAUSES OF ACTION

The rule on joinder of actions under Section 5, Rule 2 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, requires that the joinder shall not include special civil actions governed by special rules.   

Section 6 of Rule 2 explicitly provides that misjoinder of causes of action is not a ground for dismissal of an action (Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Fernando Pampanga vs. Fernando Soriano Jr., et al., G.R. No. 153829, August 17, 2011,VILLARAMA, JR., J.).