Practice question
A plaintiff has no receipt quantifying emotional injury. A legally available moral-damages claim is otherwise proved. Is absence of a pecuniary receipt alone necessarily fatal under Article2216?
- No; that differs from proving the substantive basis for moral damages
- Yes; every moral injury is a cash expense
- Yes; only invoices prove emotional injury
- Yes; the defendant’s wrongdoing becomes lawful
- Yes; Article2216 is inapplicable to moral damages
Legal references
- Civil Code RA386: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html Articles2195–2198,2213,2215–2216.
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