G.R. No. 158996 - SPOUSES FREDELICTO FLORES (DECEASED) AND FELICISIMA FLORES, VS. SPOUSES DOMINADOR PINEDA AND VIRGINIA SACLOLO, AND FLORENCIO, CANDIDA, MARTA, GODOFREDO, BALTAZAR AND LUCENA, ALL SURNAMED PINEDA, AS HEIRS OF THE DECEASED TERESITA S. PINEDA, AND UNITED DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER, INC.. D

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the assailed Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Baloc, Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija, Branch 37 is hereby AFFIRMED but with modifications as follows: 1) Ordering defendant-appellants Dr. and Dra. Fredelicto A. Flores and the United Doctors Medical Center, Inc. to jointly and severally pay the plaintiff-appellees heirs of Teresita Pineda, namely, Spouses Dominador Pineda and Virginia Saclolo and Florencio, Candida, Marta, Godofredo, Baltazar and Lucena, all surnamed Pineda, the sum of P400,000.00 by way of moral damages; 2) Ordering the above-named defendant-appellants to jointly and severally pay the above-named plaintiff-appellees the sum of P100,000.00 by way of exemplary damages; 3) Ordering the above-named defendant-appellants to jointly and severally pay the above-named plaintiff-appellees the sum of P36,000.00 by way of actual and compensatory damages; and 4) Deleting the award of attorney's fees and costs of suit. SO ORDERED.