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    Radio Communication of The Philippines, Inc. v. CA, 103 SCRA 359 (1981)

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    The freight company sued RCPI for damages caused by RCPI transmitting an erroneous telegram stating a truck was available when it should have said no truck was available. The freight company suffered damages as a result. The court held that exemplary damages were properly imposed against RCPI. Exemplary damages can be awarded for contracts/quasi-contracts if a party acts in a wanton, fraudulent, reckless, oppressive or malevolent manner. The court found gross negligence by RCPI personnel in transmitting the wrong telegram, which constituted wanton misconduct.

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    The freight company sued RCPI for damages caused by RCPI transmitting an erroneous telegram stating a truck was available when it should have said no truck was available. The freight company suffered damages as a result. The court held that exemplary damages were properly imposed against RCPI. Exemplary damages can be awarded for contracts/quasi-contracts if a party acts in a wanton, fraudulent, reckless, oppressive or malevolent manner. The court found gross negligence by RCPI personnel in transmitting the wrong telegram, which constituted wanton misconduct.

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    The freight company sued RCPI for damages caused by RCPI transmitting an erroneous telegram stating a truck was available when it should have said no truck was available. The freight company suffered damages as a result. The court held that exemplary damages were properly imposed against RCPI. Exemplary damages can be awarded for contracts/quasi-contracts if a party acts in a wanton, fraudulent, reckless, oppressive or malevolent manner. The court found gross negligence by RCPI personnel in transmitting the wrong telegram, which constituted wanton misconduct.

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    Radio Communication of The Philippines, Inc. v. CA, 103 SCRA 359 (1981)

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    The freight company sued RCPI for damages caused by RCPI transmitting an erroneous telegram stating a truck was available when it should have said no truck was available. The freight company suffered damages as a result. The court held that exemplary damages were properly imposed against RCPI. Exemplary damages can be awarded for contracts/quasi-contracts if a party acts in a wanton, fraudulent, reckless, oppressive or malevolent manner. The court found gross negligence by RCPI personnel in transmitting the wrong telegram, which constituted wanton misconduct.

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    Radio Communication of the Philippines, Inc. v.

    CA, 103 SCRA 359 [1981]


    FACTS:
    The freight company claimed that due to "utter, patent, and wanton... carelessness,
    gross negligence and unpardonable fault" of the personnel of RCPI, the latter
    transmitted erroneously a telegram which should have read "No truck available" but
    instead read "Truck available", As a consequence, the freight company suffered
    damages, and prayed for an award of P100,00.00 as actual damages, P30,000.00 as
    moral damages, exemplary or corrective damages in the discretion of the Court, and
    P15,000.00 as attorney's fee.

    ISSUE:
    W/N the exemplary damages were properly imposed.

    HELD:

    YES. Exemplary damages were properly imposed. In contracts and quasi-contracts,


    exemplary damages may be awarded if the defendant acted in wanton, fraudulent,
    reckless, oppressive or malevolent manner. There was gross negligence on the part of
    the RCPI personnel in transmitting the wrong telegram, for which RCPI personnel in
    transmitting the wrong telegram, for which RCPI must be held liable. Gross
    carelessness or negligence constitutes wanton misconduct. 

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