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Apr
Indemnity in the Form of Nominal Damages as Award in a Labor Case
Nominal damages are adjudicated in order that a right of a plaintiff which has been violated or invaded by another may be vindicated or recognized without having to indemnify the plaintiff for any loss suffered by him. [Article 2221, Civil Code] Nominal damages may likewise be awarded in every obligation arising from law, contracts, quasi-contracts, acts or omissions punished by law, and quasi-delicts, or where any property right has been invaded. [Agabon vs. NLRC, G.R. No. 158693, November 17, 2004] In [...]