REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)

CITY OF PASAY        ) S.S.

COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES

1. That   Plaintiffs   SPS.ROLLY   P.   BRILLANTES   and   MARLYN

ESPINO BRILLANTES of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of
50 P. Basilio Street Brgy. 135 M. Dela Cruz, Pasay City;

2. The  defendant  Pilotage Trading and Construction, INC., is a

corporation duly organize under the Philippine law, engage in
the business of collecting garbage with the principal office at
__________   while   the   other   defendant   Antonio   Ygono   is   the
driver   of   the   corporation’s   garbage   truck   and   both   maybe
served with summons at __________

3. That on January 14, 2019 about 11:40pm, at Narra Road, Brgy.
San Antonio, San Pedro City, Laguna, a yellow garbage truck
with   plate   number   WML785   without   headlights   driven   by
Antonio Ygono collided with a black motor vehicle with plate
number DC 15329 driven by Dharell Marcello Santelices and
Jazlen   Ara   Espino   Brillantes,   our   daughter,   as   a   back   ride.
Herein attached as ANNEX “A” the sworn statement of Mario
Jacolbe   Luarez   Jr.   who   witnessed   the   incident,  ANNEX   “B”
the   police   report,  ANNEX   “C”  Inquest   Investigation   and,
ANNEX “D” Joint Affidavit;

4. That   because   of   the   negligence   of   driver  Antonio   Ygono,   an

employee of defendant Pilotage Trading and Construction INC.,
Jazlen Ara Espino Brillantes was seriously injured in different
parts   of   her   body   as   such   she   was   rushed   to   the   hospital .
Herein attached as ANNEX “E” the Clinical Abstract; 
5. That   on   January   15,   2019,   certain   AMALIA   MIRANDA
MALLARI   and   ARTURO   PANGANIBAN   PUNZALAN,
representatives of the corporation told ROLLY BRILLANTES,
that they will extend financial support for the medication until
full   recovery   of   JAZLEN   ARA   ESPINO   BRILLANTES   in
exchange of not filing a necessary action against the driver and
the   corporation.   Herein   attached   as  ANNEX   “F”  the   Sworn
Statement of ROLLY BRILLANTES;

6. That   the   representative   of   the   corporation   gave   a   financial

support   in   the   amount   of   P100,000.00   on   January   15,
P50,000.00,  on  January 17, P100.000.00, on January 19, and
P30,000.00   on   January   26,   2019   for   a   total   amount   of
P280,000.00.   Herein   attached   as  ANNEX   “G”,   “G­1”,   “G­2”
and   “G­3”  The   Acknowledgement   Receipts   of   P100,000.00,
P50,000.00, P100,000.00 and P30,000.00;

7. Since the total amount of P280,000.00 is not sufficient to cover
the   medical   expenses   for   the   full   recovery   of   JAZLEN   ARA
ESPINO   BRILLANTES,   the   plaintiffs   requested   ARTURO
PANGANIBAN   the   representative   of   the   corporation   for
additional financial support but it was ignored. 

8. The   Westlake   Medical   Center   gave   the   plaintiffs   a

Recommended Procedure amounting to Five hundred Thousand
Sixty   Pesos   P560,000.00   which   requires   an   initial   deposit   of
P400,000.00 before the Procedure. Herein attached as ANNEX
“H”

9. That the plaintiffs through counsel made a written demand to
Amalia   Miranada   Mallari,   Arturo   Panganiban   Punzalan,
Danny Miranda and Pilotage Trading and Construction, Inc. to
 comply with their legal obligation but it remain unanswered.
Herein attached as ANNEX “I” the final demand letter;

10. That   in   order   to   transfer   Jazlen   Ara   Espino   Brillantes   to

another   hospital,   the   plaintiffs   were   constrained   to   sign   a
promissory note in the amount of Five Hundred Seventy One
Thousand   Seven   Hundred     Sixty   Two   Pesos   and   fifty   Three
Centavos because of lack of financial capacity. The promissory
note is herein attached as ANNEX “J”;

 
11. That plaintiffs, had suffered Actual damages for medicines,
laboratory examinations and hospital bills, in the sum of ONE
MILLION   AND   NINETY   FOUR   THOUNSAND   FOUR
HUNDRED   SISTY   SIX   PESOS   AND   FIFTY   CENTOVOS
(P1,094,466.50).

12. That plaintiffs had suffered serious anxiety, sleepless nights,
and  social  humiliation   for  begging money  just  to  survive  the
day­to­day expenditures. For that, the plaintiffs demand Moral
damages   in   the   sum   of   THREE   HUNDRED   THOUSAND
PESOS (P300,000.00). 

13. That to set as an example or correction of the public good
especially   as   the   Corporation   give   services   to   the   public,   the
plaintiffs   demand   Exemplary   damages   in   the   sum   of   TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (200,000.00). 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 3 rd
day of July 2019, in the city of Pasay, Philippines.
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   Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 3rd  day of July
2019 in Pasay City, Philippines. I hereby certify that I have personally
examined the affiant and I am satisfied that he fully understood and
voluntarily executed his complaint­affidavit.

       
Assistant City Prosecutor