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Dee Hua Liong Elec'l Eq't Corp. vs. R. Reyes, etal.

DEE HUA LIONG ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. ROMEO REYES, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. 72182 | 1986-11-25

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J:

The Court of First Instance 1 sentenced petitioner to pay to private respondents P50,000.00 as actual damages; P50,000.00 as moral damages; P50,000.00 as exemplary damages; and P10,000.00 as attorney's fees, as well as to pay treble costs. 2 The Intermediate Appellate Court, on appeal, 3 affirmed petitioner's liability but reduced the award for moral and exemplary damages to P10,000.00 and P5,000.00, respectively. Petitioner seasonably appealed to this Court, impugning the award of damages and claiming that it had been denied due process in the proceedings before the Trial Court.

Following submission of the...