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2004-05-28 |
PANGANIBAN, J. |
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| In the absence of a wrongful act or omission,[148] or of fraud or bad faith,[149] moral damages cannot be awarded.[150] The adverse result of an action does not per se make the action wrongful, or the party liable for it. One may err, but error alone is not a ground for granting such damages.[151] While no proof of pecuniary loss is necessary therefor -- with the amount to be awarded left to the court's discretion[152] -- the claimant must nonetheless satisfactorily prove the existence of its factual basis[153] and causal relation[154] to the claimant's act or omission.[155] | |||||