AI RFRANCEVCARRASCOSO Sept emb mber28,1966AI RFRANCE,pet i t i oner ,v s .RAFAEL CARRASCOSO andt heHONORABLECOURTOFAPPEALS,r es po nden t s . FACTS: Pl ai nt i ff,ac i v i l engi neer ,wasamemberofagr oupof48Fi l i pi nopi l gr i mst hatl ef tMani l af or Lour desonMar ch30,1958. OnMar c h28,1958,t hedef endant ,Ai rFr anc e,t hr oughi t saut hor i z edagent ,Phi l i ppi neAi rLi nes , I nc . ,i s suedt opl ai nt i ffa" fi r s tc l as s"r oundt r i pai r pl anet i c k etf r om Mani l at oRome.Fr om Mani l at o Bangk ok ,pl ai nt i fft r av el l edi n" fi r s tc l as s" ,butatBangk ok ,t heManageroft hedef endantai r l i ne f or c edpl ai nt i fft ov ac at et he" fi r s tc l as s "s eatt hathewasoc cupy i ngbec aus e,i nt hewor dsoft he wi t n es sEr n es t oG.Cu en t o ,t h er ewasa" wh i t ema n" ,wh o,t h eMa nag era l l eg ed ,h ada" b et t e r r i ght "t ot hes eat .Whenas k edt ov ac at ehi s" fi r s tc l as s"s eat ,t hepl ai nt i ff,aswast obeex pec t ed, r ef us ed,andt ol ddef endant ' sM Ma anagert hathi ss eatwoul dbet ak e no v erhi sdeadbody ;a c ommo t i o ne ns ue d,a nd ,a cc or d i ngt os ai dEr n es t oG.Cu en t o ," ma nyoft heFi l i pi n op as s en ger s go tner v ousi nt het our i s tc l as s ;whent he yf oundoutt hatMr .Car r as c os owasha vi ngaho t d i s c us s i o nwi t ht hewh i t ema n[ ma na ge r ] ,t h eyc ameal l ac r o sst oMr .Ca r r a sc os oa ndp ac i fi edMr . Car r as cos ot ogi v ehi ss eatt ot hewhi t eman" ;andpl ai nt i ffr el uc t ant l ygav ehi s" fi r s tc l as s"s eati n t hepl ane. DECI SI ONOF OFL OWERCOURTS: 1 .CFI– Ma ni l a :s en t en ce dpe t i t i on ert op ayr e sp ond entRa f a el Ca r r a sc os oP25 , 00 0. 0 0b ywa yo f mo r a ld ama ge s ;P1 0, 0 00 . 0 0a se x e mp mp l a r yda ma ma ge s ;P3 93 . 2 0r e pr e s en t i n gt h ed i ff er e nc ei nf a r e bet weenfi r s tc l as sandt our i s tc l as sf ort hepor t i onoft het r i pBangk ok -Rome,t hes ev ar i ous amount swi t hi nt er es tatt hel egal r at e,f r om t hedat eoft hefi l i ngoft hec ompl ai ntunt i l pai d;pl us P3, 000. 00f orat t or ney s' f ees ;andt hec os t sofs ui t . 2.CA:s l i ght l yr educ edt heamounto fr ef undonCar r as c os o' spl anet i c k etf r om P393. 20t o P383. 10,andv ot edt oaffir mt heappeal eddec i s i on" i nal l ot herr es pec t s " ,wi t hc os t sagai ns t pet i t i oner . Ai rFr anc ec ont endst hatr es pondentk newt hathedi dno tha v ec onfi r medr es er v at i onsf orfi r s t c l as sonanys pec i fi cfl i ght ,al t houghhehadt our i s tc l as spr ot ec t i on;t hat ,ac cor di ngl y ,t hei s suanc e ofafi r s tc l as st i c k etwasnoguar ant eet hathewoul dha veafi r s tc l as sr i de,butt hats uc hwoul d dependupont heav ai l abi l i t yoffi r s tc l as ss eat s . I SSUE: I sCa r r as c os oen t i t l e dt od ama ges ? RULI NG: Yes .Themanagerno tonl ypr e v ent edCar r as c os of r om enj o y i nghi sr i ghtt oafi r s tc l as ss eat ; wor s e,hei mpos edhi sar bi t r ar ywi l l ;hef or c i bl yej ec t edhi mf r om hi sseat ,madehi ms uffert he humi l i at i onofha vi ngt ogot ot het our i s tc l as sc ompar t ment-j us tt ogi v ewa yt oanot herpas senger whos er i ghtt her et ohasnotbeenes t abl i s hed.Cer t ai nl y ,t hi si sbadf ai t h.Unl es s,ofc our s e,bad f ai t hhasas s umedameani ngdi ff er entf r om whati sunder s t oodi nl a w.For ," badf ai t h"
c ont empl at esa" s t at eofmi ndaffir mat i v el yoper at i ngwi t hf ur t i v edes i gnorwi t hs omemo t i v eofs el f i nt er es torwi l l orf orul t er i orpur p os e. " Fort hewi l l f ul mal ev ol entac tofpet i t i oner ' smanager ,pet i t i oner ,hi sempl oy er ,mus tans wer .Ar t i c l e 21oft heCi v i l Codes ay s :ART .21.An yper s onwhowi l l f ul l yc aus esl os sori nj ur yt oanot heri na mannert hati scont r ar yt omor al s ,goodc us t omsorpubl i cpol i c ys hal l c ompens at et hel at t erf ort he da mag e. Thec ont r ac tofai rc ar r i age,t her ef or e,gener at esar el at i onat t endedwi t hapubl i cdut y .Negl ec tor mal f eas anc eoft hec ar r i er ' sempl o y ees ,nat ur al l y ,c oul dgi v egr oundf oranac t i onf ordamages . Pas s enger sdono tc ont r ac tmer el yf ort r ans por t at i on.The yha v ear i ghtt obet r eat edbyt he c ar r i er ' sempl o y eeswi t hk i ndnes s,r es pec t ,c our t es yandduec ons i der at i on. Al t hought her el at i onofpas sengerandc ar r i eri s" c ont r ac t ual bot hi nor i gi nandnat ur e" nev er t hel es s" t heac tt hatbr eak st hec ont r ac tma ybeal s oat or t " .Thes t r es sofCar r as c os o' s ac t i onaswehav es ai d,i spl ac eduponhi swr ongf ul ex pul s i on.Thi si sav i ol at i onofpubl i cdut yby t hepet i t i onerai rc ar r i er— ac as eofquas i del i c t .Damagesar epr oper . Thej udgmentoft hel o werc our t sdi dnots ufferr ev er s i bl eer r or .
