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Sulpicio Lines vs. Napoleon Sesante etc.

SULPICIO LINES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. NAPOLEON SESANTE, NOW SUBSTITUTED BY MARIBEL ATILANO, KRISTEN MARIE, CHRISTIAN IONE, KENNETH KERRN AND KARISNA KATE, ALL SURNAMED SESANTE, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 172682 | 2016-07-27

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
Moral damages are meant to enable the injured party to obtain the means, diversions or amusements in order to alleviate the moral suffering. Exemplary damages are designed to permit the courts to reshape behavior that is socially deleterious in its consequence by creating negative incentives or deterrents against such behavior.
 
The Case

This appeal seeks to undo and reverse the adverse decision promulgated on June 27, 2005,[1] whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed with modification the judgment of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 91, in Quezon City holding the petitioner liable to...