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2003-07-14 |
CARPIO, J. |
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| Undeniably, however, private respondents suffered some form of injury. CAL confirmed the reservations of private respondents carelessly. Private respondents relied on this confirmation. Private respondents went through the trouble of going to the airport at the appointed time expecting that they would be able to board CAL Flight 632. To their consternation, CAL personnel prevented them from boarding because Morelia cancelled their reservations. When plaintiff suffers some species of injury not enough to warrant an award of actual damages, the court may award nominal damages.[70] The court may award nominal damages purely to vindicate a right of a plaintiff which defendant has violated and not to indemnify any loss the plaintiff has suffered.[71] The court may award nominal damages in every obligation arising from any source enumerated in Article 1157 of the Civil Code,[72] or in any case where there is an invasion of any property right.[73] We find P5,000 as a reasonable award of nominal damages to each of the private respondents. | |||||