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RAYMUNDO ODANI SECOSA v. HEIRS OF ERWIN SUAREZ FRANCISCO

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	GR No. 197530 2014-07-09	ABOITIZ EQUITY VENTURES v. VICTOR S. CHIONGBIAN LEONEN, J.
In fact, even the ownership by a single stockholder of all or nearly all the capital stock of a corporation is not, in and of itself, a ground for disregarding a corporation's separate personality. As explained in Secosa v. Heirs of Francisco:[120]
	GR NO. 157851 2007-06-29	ATTY. ANDREA UY v. ARLENE VILLANUEVA NACHURA, J.
Furthermore, the doctrine of piercing the veil of corporate fiction finds no application in the case. Piercing the veil of corporate fiction may only be done when "the notion of legal entity is used to defeat public convenience, justify wrong, protect fraud, or defend crime."[48]
	GR NO. 165732 2006-12-14	SAFEGUARD SECURITY AGENCY v. LAURO TANGCO AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.
As to the award of moral damages, Article 2206 of the Civil Code provides that the spouse, legitimate children and illegitimate descendants and ascendants of the deceased may demand moral damages for mental anguish by reason of the death of the deceased. Moral damages are awarded to enable the injured party to obtain means, diversions or amusements that will serve to alleviate the moral suffering he/she has undergone, by reason of the defendant's culpable action. Its award is aimed at restoration, as much as possible, of the spiritual status quo ante; thus it must be proportionate to the suffering inflicted.[45] 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.[46]
	GR NO. 171392 2006-10-30	RUPERTO SULDAO v. CIMECH SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.
The veil of corporate fiction treats as separate and distinct the affairs of a corporation and its officers and stockholders. As a general rule, a corporation will be looked upon as a legal entity, unless and until sufficient reason to the contrary appears. When the notion of legal entity is used to defeat public convenience, justify wrong, protect fraud, or defend crime, the law will regard the corporation as an association of persons. Also, the corporate entity may be disregarded in the interest of justice in such cases as fraud that may work inequities among members of the corporation internally, involving no rights of the public or third persons. In both instances, there must have been fraud and proof of it. For the separate juridical personality of a corporation to be disregarded, the wrongdoing must be clearly and convincingly established. It cannot be presumed.[17]