When can moral damages be awarded?
Article 2219 of the Civil Code reads:
Art. 2219. Moral damages may be recovered in the following and analogous instances:
(1) A criminal offense resulting in physical injuries;The parents of the female seduced, abducted, raped, or abused, referred to in No. 3 of this article, may also recover moral damages.
(2) Quasi-delicts causing physical injuries;
(3) Seduction, abduction, rape, or other lascivious acts;
(4) Adultery or concubinage;
(5) Illegal or arbitrary detention or arrest;
(6) Illegal search;
(7) Libel, slander or any other form of defamation;
(8) Malicious prosecution;
(9) Acts mentioned in article 309;
(10) Acts and actions referred to in Articles 21, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, and 35.
The spouse, descendants, ascendants, and brothers and sisters may bring the action mentioned in No. 9 of this article, in the order named.