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COCA COLA BOTTLERS, PHILS., INC., VICTORIANO HENSON and VICTOR AQUINO, petitioners, vs. JOSE S. ROQUE, respondent.

COCA COLA BOTTLERS, PHILS., INC., VICTORIANO HENSON and VICTOR AQUINO, petitioners, vs. JOSE S. ROQUE, respondent.

G.R. No. 118985 | 1999-06-14

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

What is before the Court is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Court of Appeals[1] reducing substantially the amount of damages awarded to petitioner by the Regional Trial Court, Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija,[2] as follows:

"Accordingly, the defendants are hereby ordered jointly and severally, to pay plaintiff the following:

1. P12,500.00 representing his unpaid salaries for services rendered from June 20, 1982 up to September 15, 1982;

2. P50,000.00 representing actual and compensatory damages;

3. P300,000.00 as moral damages;

4. P50,000.00 as exemplary damages;

5. P50,000.00 for...