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PHILTRANCO SERVICE ENTERPRISES v. CA

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	GR NO. 153076 2007-06-21	LAPANDAY AGRICULTURAL v. MICHAEL RAYMOND ANGALA CARPIO, J.
We sustain the award of moral damages. Moral damages are awarded to allow a plaintiff to obtain means, diversion, or amusement that will serve to alleviate the moral suffering he has undergone due to the defendant's culpable action.[20] The trial court found that respondent, who was on board the pick-up when the collision took place, suffered shock, serious anxiety, and fright when the crewcab bumped his pick-up. We sustain the trial court and the Court of Appeals in ruling that respondent sufficiently showed that he suffered shock, serious anxiety, and fright which entitle him to moral damages.
	GR No. 160286 2004-07-30	SPS. FRANCISCO M. HERNANDEZ AND ANICETA ABEL-HERNANDEZ AND JUAN GONZALES v. SPS. LORENZO DOLOR AND MARGARITA DOLOR YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.
Under Article 2206, the "spouse, legitimate and illegitimate descendants and ascendants of the deceased may demand moral damages for mental anguish for the death of the deceased." The reason for the grant of moral damages has been explained, thus: . . . the award of moral damages is aimed at a restoration, within the limits possible, of the spiritual status quo ante; and therefore, it must be proportionate to the suffering inflicted. The intensity of the pain experienced by the relatives of the victim is proportionate to the intensity of affection for him and bears no relation whatsoever with the wealth or means of the offender.[19] Moral damages are emphatically not intended to enrich a plaintiff at the expense of the defendant. They are awarded to allow the former to obtain means, diversion or amusements that will serve to alleviate the moral suffering he has undergone due to the defendant's culpable action and must, perforce, be proportional to the suffering inflicted.[20]
	GR No. 160039 2004-06-29	RAYMUNDO ODANI SECOSA v. HEIRS OF ERWIN SUAREZ FRANCISCO YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.
Q: We know that it is impossible to put money terms(s) [on] the life of [a] human, but since you are now in court and if you were to ask this court how much would you and your family compensate? (sic) A: Even if they pay me millions, they cannot remove the anguish of my son (sic).[23] Moral damages are emphatically not intended to enrich a plaintiff at the expense of the defendant. They are awarded to allow the former to obtain means, diversion or amusements that will serve to alleviate the moral suffering he has undergone due to the defendant's culpable action and must, perforce, be proportional to the suffering inflicted.[24] We have previously held as proper an award of P500,000.00 as moral damages to the heirs of a deceased family member who died in a vehicular accident. In our 2002 decision in Metro Manila Transit Corporation v. Court of Appeals, et al.,[25] we affirmed the award of moral damages of P500,000.00 to the heirs of the victim, a mother, who died from injuries she sustained when a bus driven by an employee of the petitioner hit her. In the case at bar, we likewise affirm the portion of the assailed decision awarding the moral damages.
	GR No. 139339 2001-01-19	PEOPLE v. MANUEL CASTILLO Y GOMEZ DAVIDE JR., C.J.
Lastly, we rectify the error of the trial court in absolving MANUEL of any civil liability on the basis of the affidavits of desistance executed by MANUEL's siblings, Anacorita and Salvador. In conformity with current jurisprudence,[45] we hereby award P50,000 to the heirs of Rosenda Castillo, as civil indemnity for the latter's death.