Practice question
A defendant deliberately destroys a person's cherished property. The claimant proves the willful injury and resulting serious emotional harm. The defendant argues that property-related cases can never support moral damages because the object is not a human body. Which rule applies?
- Article 2220 allows willful injury to property to support moral damages when the court finds them justly due in the circumstances
- All property damage automatically yields moral damages
- Only repair receipts can ever establish moral injury
- The property's existence makes mental anguish legally impossible
- The claimant necessarily receives the entire amount demanded
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles 2216–2220: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Nunez v. Spouses Nunez, GR 267108, February 5, 2025, main decision, factual basis for moral damages: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/feb2025/gr_267108_2025.html
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