G.R. No. 149241 - DART PHILIPPINES, INC., VS. SPOUSES FRANCISCO AND ERLINDA CALOGCOG.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered dismissing for lack of merit [respondents'] claims for payment of items subject of credit memoranda, and for products alleged to be on hand at the termination of the [distributorship] agreement. On [respondents'] other claims, judgment is hereby rendered, as follows: Ordering the [petitioner] to pay [respondents] the amount of P23,500.17 representing the salaries of internal auditors engaged by the [petitioner] to conduct an audit on [respondents'] financial records; Ordering the [petitioner] to pay [respondents] the sum of P4,495,000.00 representing "goodwill" money which [respondents] failed to realize; Ordering the [petitioner] to pay [respondents] the sum of P1,000,000.00 as reasonable compensation to the [respondents] for acquiring a lot and constructing thereon a structure to serve as storage, assembly place and warehouse for [petitioner's] products; Ordering the [petitioner] to pay [respondents] the sum of P500,000.00 as moral damages and another P500,000.00 as and by way of exemplary damages; and Ordering the [petitioner] to pay [respondents] the sum of P100,000.00 as attorney's fees, plus P2,000.00 per Court appearance. [Petitioner's] counterclaims are hereby dismissed for lack of merit. Costs against the [petitioner]. SO ORDERED.