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Kierulf vs. Court of Appeals

VICTOR KIERULF, LUCILA H. KIERULF and PORFIRIO LEGASPI, petitioners vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and PANTRANCO NORTH EXPRESS, INCORPORATED, respondents.

G.R. No. 99301 | 1997-03-13

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


PANGANIBAN, J.:

How much moral, exemplary and actual damages are victims of vehicular accidents entitled to?

In G.R. No. 99301, the victims of the vehicular mishap pray for an increase in the award of damages, over and above those granted by the appellate court. In this case, the husband of the victim of the vehicular accident claims compensation/damages for the loss of his right to marital consortium which, according to him, has been diminished due to the disfigurement suffered by his wife. In G.R. No. 99343, the transport company which owned the bus that...