LIBEL:
"x x x.
In its two-page resolution, the high court said Yuchengco failed to prove “any error in the wisdom of the decision” it issued three years ago, which overturned the ruling of the Court of Appeals junking Yuchengco’s civil suit against Coyiuto et al.
The Supreme Court said the failure of the journalists to seek Yuchengco’s reaction before the articles were published was “fatal” to their claim of innocence.
In modifying the findings of the lower court, the high tribunal directed the journalists to jointly pay Yuchengco P2 million in moral damages and P500,000 in exemplary damages.
Coyiuto, on other hand, was ordered to pay the former ambassador P25 million in moral damages and P10 million in exemplary damages.
They were also ordered to jointly and severally settle Yuchengco’s P1 million legal expense.
x x x."
