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Article 2206. The amount of damages for death

caused by a crime or quasi-delict shall be at

least three thousand pesos, even though there

may have been mitigating circumstances. In

addition:

(1) The defendant shall be liable for the loss

of the earning capacity of the deceased,

and the indemnity shall be paid to the

heirs of the latter; such indemnity shall in

every case be assessed and awarded by

the court, unless the deceased on

account of permanent physical disability

not caused by the defendant, had no

earning capacity at the time of his death;