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Ot on,I l oi l o Ci vi lCaseNo.CV202001
ALBERT T.RODRI GUEZ,
Pl ai nt i ff, For : Col l ect i on of Sum of Mone ywi t hDa Dam ma ag es
v e r s us CARLOSR.CALI NOG OG,
Def endant . xx ANSWER
DEFENDANT,b y under si gned counse l ,unt ot hi s Honor abl e
Co ur tmo s tr e s pe c t f ul l ys t at e st hat : 1.Par agr aphsone( 1)andt wo( 2)oft heComp mpl ai ntar eadmi t t ed; 2.Paragraphst hr ee( 3)t ofive( 5)oft heComp mpl ai ntar edeni edf orl ack ofknowl edge ori nf orma mat i on suffici entt of orm a bel i efas t ot he v er aci t y or f al si t yt her eof ,t he al l egat i ons t her ei n bei ng mat t er s knownonl yt oandarewi t hi nt hecont r olonl yoft hepl ai nt i ff; 3.Paragr aph si x( 6)oft heComp mpl ai nti sdeni ed i nsof aras i tal l eges t hatt hedef endantowest hepl ai nt i ff asum ofmoneyand f ai l st o pay t he same me,t he t r ut h bei ng t hose al l ege di nt he speci aland affir ffir mat i vedef ensespar ther ei nbel ow; SPECI ALAND AFFI RMATI VE DEFENSES
1.On May25,2015,t heDe Def endantandt hePl ai nt i ff di dnotse eeac h ot herbec auset hef or merwashavi ngavacat i on i n Bagui oCi t yas evi denced by t he phot ocopy ofent ry/exi tofvehi cl es moni t ori ng shee t ,at t achedher ei n,mar kedasAnnex“ A” ,andmadean i nt egr al parther et o.Such moni t ori ngsheeti si ssued byt heGa Gat eSecur i t y Depar t mentoft heSubdi vi si onwher et heDe Def endantr esi des. 2.ThePl ai nt i ff nev ergav et hedef endantt heal l ege damo mountofThr ee ₱3 Hundr ed Fi f t yThousand Pes os( 50, 000. 00) ;t hatDef endantdi d Page | 1 Answer
not si gn t he al l eg ed pr omi ss or y not e; and t hat Def endant ’ s s i g nat ur ei sf or g e d. 3.On Nov ember 5 and Nov ember 6,2015,t he Def endant and t he Pl ai nt i ff di d notseeeach ot herbecauset hef ormervi si t ed herl at e gr andmot heri n San Pedr o,Lagunaasev i dence d byt hephot ocopy o fe nt r y /e x i to fv e hi c l e smo ni t o r i ngshe e t ,at t ac he dhe r e i n,mar ke d asAnnex“ B” ,and madean i nt egr alparther et o.Such moni t or i ng sheeti si ssuedbyt heGat eSecur i t yDepart mentoft heSubdi vi si on wher et heDef endantr esi des.
COMPULSARY COUNTERCLAI M
1.Byr eason oft heabuseofr i ghtcommi t t edbyt he pl ai nt i ff and by r eason oft hei nst antpr eci pi t at eandunf oundedsui t ,t hedef endant wascons t r ai nedt ohi r et heser vi cesofal awyert odef endhi sr i ght s and i nt er es t sf or a pr of ess i onal f ee of Twent yThousand Pesos ₱2 ₱3 ( 0, 000. 00) and Thr ee Thousand Pesos ( , 000. 00) per cour t appearance; 2.Si mi l ar l y ,t hepl ai nt i ff’ sunf ounded sui thascaused t hedef endant ment al angui sh, wounded f ee l i ngs, sl ee pl es s ni ght s, se r i ous anxi et i es,and ot her si mi l ar suffer i ngs f or whi ch t he def endant cl ai ms mor al damages of One Hundr ed Thousand Pe sos ( 00, 000. 00) . ₱1 PRAYER
WHEREFORE,PREMI SES CONSI DERED,i ti sr e spe ct f ul l y
pr ayed t ot hi sHonor abl eCour tt hedi smi ssaloft hecompl ai ntf or l ack of mer i t wi t h cos t s agai ns tt he pl ai nt i ff; and t hat t he def endant ’ s compul sor y count er cl ai m be gr ant ed, i . e. , mor al damagesofOneHundr edThousandPes os( 00, 000. 00) ,at t or ne y ’ s ₱1 ₱2 f ee sofTwent yThousand Pesos( 0, 000. 00) ,and Thr eeThousand ₱3 Pesos( , 000. 00)percourtappearanceandcost sofsui t . Ot her r el i ef sj ust and equi t abl e under t he pr emi se s ar e l i ke wi s epr a y e df or . Ot on,I l oi l o.December5,2020.
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LOVELY ANGELLAI
Rol lofAt t orneyNo.0000 PTR No.xxxx;010201/I l oi l o I BPMemberRol lNo.00000/070801/I l oi l o MCLE Compl i anceNo.I x021xxxxxxx/121001
VERI FI CATI ON andCERTI FI CATI ON OFNONFORUM SHOPPI NG
I ,HAZEL ANNE M.MANALO o fl e g alag e,Fi l i pi no,mar r i e d,
andar esi dentofBl k.3,St a.Cr uzSt . ,Uni t edHomesSubdi vi si on, Br gy .2,Li pa Ci t y ,Bat angas,af t erhavi ng been dul y sworn t oi n accordancewi t hl aw,her ebydeposeandst at et hat : 1.Iam t hedef endanti nt heabovest at edcase; 2.Ihav e cause dt he pr epar at i on and fil i ng oft he f or egoi ng Answer and haver ead t heal l egat i onst her ei n,and t hatt heyar et r ueand cor r ect of my per sonal knowl edge and bel i ef and based on aut hent i cdocument s; 3.Ihavenotcommencedanyot heract i on orpr ocee di ngi nvol vi ngt he samei ss uesbef or et heSupr emeCour t ,Cour tofAppeal sorany ot hert r i bunaloragencyand,t ot hebestofmyknowl edge,t her ei s nosuchact i onorproce edi ngpendi ngbef or eanyt r i bunal ; 4.I fIshoul dl earn t hatasi mi l aract i on orpr oceedi nghasbeen fil ed ori spendi ngbef or et heSupr emeCour t ,Cour tofAppeal sorany o t he rt r i bunalo rag e nc y ,Iunde r t aket or e por tt hatf a ctwi t hi n fiv e ( 5)dayst her ef r om t ot hi sHonor abl eCour t
I N WI TNESS WHEREOF,Iha v eher eunt o se tmy hand t hi s
Dec ember5,2015i nLi paCi t y ,Bat angas. HAZELANNE M.MANALO Page | 3 Answer
Affiant SUBSCRI BED AND SWORN t o bef or e me t hi s December5,
2015i n Li paCi t y ,affiantexhi bi t i ngt omeherdr i ver ’ sl i censewi t h No.L03654321 i ssued on May2014,as compet entpr oofofher i dent i t y . LOVELY ANGELLAI
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