Practice question
A death claim includes burial expenses, earning-capacity loss and other damages. Reliable burial records prove one amount, while income evidence is deficient and no exception is established. The claimant argues that proving burial expense automatically proves the much larger income claim too. Which is correct?
- One receipt proves every damages head
- Each component needs its own basis; proof of burial expenses does not supply the missing earning evidence, though any legally available alternative must be assessed separately
- The court must reject all proved expenses because another head failed
- Every death award is a single indivisible arbitrary sum
- Only the defendant may choose the components
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles 2199 and 2206; Apolinario, G.R. 219686, November 27, 2024: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/nov2024/gr_219686_2024.html
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