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2003-09-12 |
AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J. |
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| For actual damages, the prosecution was able to prove only the amount of P12,439.00 covering funeral and burial expenses (Exhs. B to B-3) and not P49,713.75 as found by the trial court. The electric bills, food for the 9 and 40 days of prayer and other miscellaneous expenses were not proven by competent evidence. However, recent jurisprudence allows the award of temperate damages instead of actual damages in the amount of P25,000.00 where the prosecution was not able to prove all the expenses incurred by the heirs of the victim by reason of his death.[74] | |||||