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2014-11-24 |
PERALTA, J. |
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| We likewise do not find any error in the CA's deletion of the award of attorney's fees in favor of respondents for it is a settled rule that attorney's fees and litigation expenses cannot automatically be recovered as part of damages in light of the policy that the right to litigate should bear no premium. An adverse decision does not ipso facto justify an award of attorney's fees to the winning party.[23] Counsel's fees are awarded only in those cases enumerated in Article 2208[24] of the Civil Code, which must always be reasonable.[25] Thus, in the absence of facts which will justify the award of attorney's fees to respondents herein, We find the deletion of the same proper. Petitioner's belief in the righteousness of its claim does not necessarily connote ill motive. | |||||