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C. Other Kinds of Damages

Co-existence of Damages

Damages that cannot co-exist	Damages that must co-exist	Damages that must stand alone
Nominal Damages cannot coexist with Exemplary Damages	To recover exemplary damages, the claimant must show entitlement to moral, temperate, or compensatory damages; the amount of exemplary damages need not be proved (Civil Code, Article 2234).	Nominal Damages

Amount of award in qualified rape

For qualified rape, where the penalty imposed is death but reduced to reclusion perpetua because of RA 9346, the amount of damages to be awarded are as follows:

Civil indemnity – P100,000.00;
Moral damages – P100,000.00;
Exemplary damages – P100,000.00. (People v. Jugueta, G.R. No. 202124, April 5, 2016)