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Carpio vs. Valmonte

SOLEDAD CARPIO, Petitioner, versus LEONORA A. VALMONTE, Respondent.

G.R. No. 151866 | 2004-09-09

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
Tinga, J.:

Assailed in the instant petition for review is the Decision of the Court of Appeals in C.A.-G.R. CV No. 69537,[1] promulgated on 17 January 2002.[2] The appellate court reversed the trial court's decision denying respondent's claim for damages against petitioner and ordered the latter to pay moral damages to the former in the amount of P100,000.00.

Respondent Leonora Valmonte is a wedding coordinator. Michelle del Rosario and Jon Sierra engaged her services for their church wedding on 10 October 1996. At about 4:30 p.m. on that...