MANHATTAN ENTERPRISES CO., AND TEODORICO MANZANARES, VS. EDUARDA DAPLINAN VDA. DE PASCO, ROSA PASCO ALONZO, JESUSA PASCO BUSLON, FRANCISCO PASCO, MIRAVER PASCO & MA. TERESA PASCO,TEODORICO MANZANARES, AND EDUARDO YANG, VS. CITA VICENTE.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

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WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered as follows: I. Criminal Case No. 5782-M entitled People of the Philippines vs. Teodorico Manzanares . This Court finds the said accused guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Reckless Imprudence Resulting in Multiple Homicide and Serious Physical Injuries and Damage to Property. Accordingly, the said accused is hereby sentenced to suffer an indeterminate prison term of a minimum of three (3) years, six (6) months and twenty (20) days of prison correccional, medium to a maximum of seven (7) years and four (4) months of prision mayor, medium and to pay the costs. The accused is likewise ordered to pay: 1) ANGELA ENRIQUEZ a) actual damages in the amount of Two Hundred Fifty (P250.00) PESOS; b) moral damages in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED (P500.00) PESOS; c) exemplary damages in the amount of ONE HUNDRED (P100.00) PESOS; and d) attorney's fees and litigation expenses in the amount of ONE THOUSAND (P1,000.00) PESOS; and 2) TERESITA DELA CRUZ a) actual damages in the amount of ONE THOUSAND (P1,000.00) PESOS; b) moral damages in the amount of ONE THOUSAND (P1,000.00) PESOS; c) exemplary damages in the amount of TWO HUNDRED (P200.00) PESOS; and d) attorney's fees and litigation expenses in the amount of ONE THOUSAND (P1,000.00) PESOS. II. In the Civil Cases - 1) In Civil Case No. 6734-M, entitled Sps. Edilberto Exaltacion, et al. vs. Eduardo Yang, et al., judgment is hereby rendered in favor of the plaintiffs and against the defendants, ordering the latter to pay the former as follows: actual damages in the amount of TWENTY SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED THIRTY (P26,630.00) PESOS; moral damages in the amount of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND (P150,000.00) PESOS; exemplary damages in the amount of TEN THOUSAND (P10,000.00) PESOS; attorney's fees in the amount of TWENTY THOUSAND (P20,000.00) PESOS plus five (5%) per cent of the total amount recoverable; litigation expenses in the amount of FIFTEEN THOUSAND (P15,000.00) PESOS. 2) In Civil Case No. 6769-M entitled Lydia Anas, et al. vs. Manhattan Enterprises Co., et al., judgment is hereby rendered in favor of the plaintiffs and against the defendants, ordering the latter to pay the former as follows: a) actual damages in the amount of THIRTY THOUSAND (P30,000.00) PESOS; b) compensatory damages in the amount of NINETY FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED (P94,900.00) PESOS; c) moral damages in the amount of SIXTY THOUSAND (P60,000.00) PESOS; d) exemplary damages in the amount of TEN THOUSAND (P10,000.00) PESOS; and e) attorney's fees and litigation expenses in the amount of TWENTY THOUSAND (P20,000.00) PESOS. 3) In Civil Case No. 6935-M entitled Eduarda Daplinan Vda. De Pasco, et al. vs. Manhattan Enterprises Co., et al., judgment is hereby rendered in favor of the plaintiffs and against the defendants, ordering the latter to pay the former as follows: actual damages in the amount of TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND (P25,000.00) PESOS; compensatory damages in the amount of THIRTY THOUSAND (P30,