Practice question
Did Philippine Bank of Commerce automatically reduce its attorney’s-fee award by the same percentage as actual damages?
- Yes, the fee disappeared
- Yes, every award was reduced identically
- No; the stated fee award remained exclusively for the defendants to bear
- Yes, the customer paid all defendants’ fees
- Yes, every fee was doubled
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles 1735, 1755-1756, 2176, 2179, 2184-2185 and 2214: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Philippine Bank of Commerce v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 97626, March 14, 1997, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1997/mar1997/gr_97626_1997.html
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