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Erlinda Francisco vs Ricardo Ferrer, Jr., et al

ERLINDA FRANCISCO, doing business in the name and style of Cebu Fountainhead Bakeshop and JULIANA PAMAONG, petitioners, vs. RICARDO FERRER, JR., ANNETTE FERRER, ERNESTO LO AND REBECCA LO, respondents.

G.R. No. 142029 | 2001-02-28

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

Appeal via certiorari[1] taken by petitioners from the decision of the Court of Appeals[2] increasing the trial court's award of moral damages to Ricardo Ferrer, Jr., Annette Ferrer, Ernesto Lo and Rebecca Lo to two hundred fifty thousand pesos (P250,000.00) and awarding exemplary damages in the amount of one hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00), in addition to the following:

"1. The cost of the wedding cake in the amount of P3,175.00;

"2. Attorney's fees in the amount of P10,000.00; and

"3. Cost of litigation."

The facts, as found by the Court of Appeals,[3] are as follows:

"On November 19, 1992 Mrs....