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Pleno vs. Court of Appeals

MAXIMO PLENO, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, PHILIPPINE PAPER PRODUCTS, INC., and FLORANTE DE LUNA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-56505 | 1988-05-09

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
 
D E C I S I O N

GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 64497 which modified the decision of the Court of First Instance of Rizal in a vehicular accident case and reduced by one-half the award for temperate damages, moral damages, and attorney's fees from a total of P430,000.00 to P215,000.00. The awards for actual damages in the amount of P48,244.08 and exemplary damages in the amount of P50,000.00 were affirmed.

The facts of the case are summarized as follows:

On April 11, 1972,...