Practice question
A valid liquidated-damages clause covers the proved breach. To add exemplary damages, the plaintiff relies only on the clause and refuses to show any moral, temperate or compensatory entitlement that would exist without it. Which rule applies?
- The clause alone supplies every exemplary prerequisite
- Article 2234 requires that additional underlying-entitlement showing despite the liquidated sum's separate proof rule
- Exemplary damages can never accompany liquidated damages
- The court must duplicate the award
- The clause removes every aggravated-conduct requirement
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles 2229–2235: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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