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2013-01-23 |
PEREZ, J. |
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| The civil indemnity in the amount of P50,000.00 awarded by the Court of Appeals is in order.[40] There is, however, a need to increase the award of exemplary damages from P25,000.00 to P30,000.00 to conform to existing jurisprudence.[41] In addition, the victim's heirs shall be entitled to moral damages even in the absence of proof that they suffered mentally and emotionally[42] considering that "[a] violent death invariably and necessarily brings about emotional pain and anguish on the part of the victim's family."[43] A 6% interest on all the monetary awards for damages to be reckoned from the date of finality of this decision until fully paid shall likewise be imposed.[44] | |||||