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Libcap Marketing Corporation, et al. Vs. Lanny Jean B. Baquial

LIBCAP MARKETING CORP., JOHANNA J. CELIZ, and MA. LUCIA G. MONDRAGON, Petitioners, vs. LANNY JEAN B. BAQUIAL, Respondent.

G.R. No. 192011 | 2014-06-30

SECOND DIVISION
 
DECISION

DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
The law and jurisprudence allow the award of nominal damages in favor of  an employee in a case where a valid cause for dismissal exists but the employer fails to observe due process in dismissing the employee. On the other hand, financial assistance is granted to a dismissed employee as a measure of equity or social justice, and is in the nature or takes the place of severance compensation.

Assailed in this Petition for Review on Certiorari1 are the April 22, 2009 Decision2 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 01794, entitled "Libcap Marketing...