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Sosmeña vs. Bonafe etc.

MENANDRO A. SOSMEÑA, PETITIONER. VS. BENIGNO M. BONAFE, JIMMY A. ESCOBAR, JOEL M. GOMEZ, and HECTOR B. PANGILINAN, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 232677 | 2020-06-08

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C IS I O N
 
LAZARO-JAVIER, J.:
 
The Case

This Petition for Review assails the Decision[1] dated June 30, 2017 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 104210 entitled "Benigno M Bonafe, et. al, v. Menandro A. Sosmeña," affirming the Decision dated April 22, 2014 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 22, Manila, in Civil Case No. 02-104536 ordering petitioner Menandro Sosmeña to pay respondents Benigno Bonafe, Jimmy Escobar, Joel Gomez and Hector Pangilinan P200,000.00 as moral damages, P50,000.00 as exemplary damages, and P25,000.00 as attorney's fees, for malicious...