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WHEREFORE, premises considered, judgment is hereby rendered in favor of PLAINTIFFS ANTONIO and ROSITA SARATE against DEFENDANT CATHERINE ROBLE and the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHEASTERN PHILIPPINES, herein represented by ROMULO DEQUITO, GILBERT [GORDO], EMMA GOBANTES and RODULFO SUMUGAT in their official capacities. Defendants are hereby ordered to pay plaintiffs jointly and severally, the following amounts as damages: Civil indemnity of fifty thousand pesos ([PHP] 50,000.
WHEREFORE, premises considered, judgment is hereby rendered in favor of PLAINTIFFS ANTONIO and ROSITA SARATE against DEFENDANT CATHERINE ROBLE and the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHEASTERN PHILIPPINES, herein represented by ROMULO DEQUITO, GILBERT [GORDO], EMMA GOBANTES and RODULFO SUMUGAT in their official capacities. Defendants are hereby ordered to pay plaintiffs jointly and severally, the following amounts as damages: Civil indemnity of fifty thousand pesos ([PHP] 50,000.00) for the death of Cheryl Sarate; Exemplary or corrective damages of two hundred thousand pesos ([PHP] 200,000.00); Moral damages of five hundred thousand pesos ([PHP] 500,000.00) and Attorney's fees equivalent to twenty percent (20%) of the total amount adjudged to the plaintiffs or 20% of seven hundred fifty thousand ([PHP] 750,000.00) pesos. Lastly pursuant to the Order of this Court which granted Plaintiff's Motion to Litigate as Pauper, the docket fees for this case shall be collected from the favorable judgment approved in their favor. SO ORDERED.