Practice question
A wrongful act destroys property, and the court finds that financial loss certainly occurred but its amount cannot be established with certainty from the nature of the case. Which category may provide a reasonable award?
- Temperate damages
- Only nominal damages regardless of the financial loss
- A penalty invented after the event
- No category can ever apply without an exact receipt total
- Automatic double damages
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles 2216 and 2221–2225: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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