Practice question
A defendant unlawfully destroys stored goods. Reliable evidence establishes actual economic destruction, but the goods' mixed condition and incomplete contemporaneous valuation make the exact loss uncertain from the nature of the case. The defendant says uncertainty alone requires denial of every financial award. Which answer follows Article 2224?
- The uncertainty necessarily erases the proved loss
- The court may award reasonable temperate damages for the established pecuniary loss rather than fabricate an exact compensatory amount
- The claimant automatically receives the maximum figure alleged
- The category requires no wrongful act or responsibility
- Every claimant may choose the defendant's salary as the measure
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles 2216 and 2221–2225: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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