Republic of the Philippines

MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT

Branch ___
General Santos City

JULIA BEA BALONZO,

Plaintiff,

CIVIL CASE NO. 545454

-versus- For: Compensatory
Damages, Moral
Damages and
Attorney’s Fees

GERRY OVERSON,
Defendant
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COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES

COMES NOW, plaintiff, Julia Bea Alonzo, by counsel, and unto this
Honorable Court, most respectfully avers:

1. That plaintiff Julia Bea Balonzo, is 26 years old, single, Filipino,

and a resident of 037 North Osmeña St. General Santos City;

2. That defendant Gerry Overson, is 28 years old, single, Filipino,

and a resident of Lot 25, Hermosa Subdivision, Brgy. City
Heights, General Santos City;

3. That on March 14, 2019, the plaintiff was confined at General

Santos Doctor’s Hospital due to dengue. At that time, the
defendant was the assigned nurse to look over the plaintiff;

4. That during the course of confinement, the defendant and

plaintiff became close to each other. They developed a
friendship which eventually turned into a romantic relationship
 between the two. When the plaintiff was released from the
hospital, the two started dating;

5. That within a span of two weeks, the plaintiff and the defendant
sealed their relationship and became officially boyfriend and
girlfriend;

6. That as a couple, the defendant, on several occasions tried to

convince the plaintiff to be intimate with him and to indulge in
carnal knowledge. However, the plaintiff turns him down each
time as she saves her virginity until marriage.

7. That just after two months of dating, the defendant proposed

marriage to the plaintiff during the latter’s birthday on May 20,
2019. The plaintiff accepted the proposal;

8. That on the same day, the defendant convinced the plaintiff that
they must celebrate their engagement by being intimate as,
according to him, a test of their sexual compatibility for the
preparation of their lifetime together. As a result, the plaintiff
and the defendant engage in carnal knowledge for the first time;

9. That on the same month, the plaintiff announced to her friends

and relatives the engagement, personally and publicly through
social media;

10. That on June 2019, the couple started processing the

necessary documents such as marriage license. They likewise
reserved a date for their marriage in Our Lady of Peace and
Good Voyage Parish which will be on September 21, 2019. The
copy of documents are attached herein as “Exhibit A”;

11. That on the same month, the plaintiff started looking for
wedding suppliers. She hired an over-all event organizer under
the company “AKO NA BAHALA EVENTS” to which the plaintiff
paid out of her own money an initial payment of P65,000 to
start the wedding preparations. This will be used as a payment
for the venue and catering, wedding dresses, flowers and
 invitations. The receipt from payment is attached herein as
“Exhibit B”;

12. That on July 2019, while looking for a supplier for their
wedding cake, the couple had a heated argument and
disagreement as to what the flavor of the cake should be. This
prompted the defendant to walk out from the cake shop;

13. That on the following day, the plaintiff received a text

message from the defendant stating that he wants to call off the
engagement and severe the romantic relationship with the
plaintiff as he fell out of love. The screenshot of the text
message is attached herein as “Exhibit C”.

14. The plaintiff tried to reach out through phone calls but to
no avail. When she went to the defendant’s boarding house, the
landlady told her that the defendant was no longer living there.
She eventually went to the hospital where the defendant works,
where she learned that the latter already resigned therefrom a
week prior;

15. That because of this, the plaintiff was not able to go

outside of their house for few weeks due to shame and trauma.
She was not able to sleep and eat properly. She failed to attend
to her online shop business, prompting the customers to give
negative feedback. The plaintiff suffered mental anguish,
serious anxiety, and social humiliation;

16. That as a consequence, the plaintiff is compelled to

litigate and obliged to hire the services of a lawyer who is
entitled to attorney’s fees in the amount of FIFTY THOUSAND
PESOS (P50,000.00);

WHEREFORE, IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, plaintiffs through

counsel pray this Honorable Court, after due hearing, to adjudge
defendant Gerry Overson to pay the following:

1. Actual damages of SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND

PESOS (P65,000.00);
 2. Moral damages of FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS
(P50,000.00);
3. Attorney’s Fees of FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS
(P50,000.00).

All other just and equitable reliefs are also prayed for.

General Santos City, Philippines, this 8th of day September,

2014.

MONICA THEA E. FLORES

Counsel For Petitioner
Blk 4, Tuazon Village, Brgy. City Heights, General Santos City
IBP Lifetime No. 06101988; General Santos City
PTR No. 06051992; July 14, 2018, General Santos City
Roll of Attorney No. 135815
MCLE Compliance No. 1111111
VERIFICATION & CERTIFICATION AGAINST FORUM SHOPPING

I, Julia Bea Balonzo, of legal age, do hereby state that: we are

the plaintiffs in the complaint entitled COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES
and in such capacity, caused this complaint to be prepared; we have
read its contents and affirm that they are true and correct to the best
of our own personal knowledge; we hereby certify that there is no
other case commenced or pending before any court involving the
same parties and the same issue and that, should we learn of such a
case, we shall notify the court within five (5) days from our notice.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed this instrument on

August 30, 2019 .

JULIA BEA BALONZO

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me in the City of

General Santos on this 30th day of August 2019, affiants exhibiting
before me their identification:

Julia Bea Balonzo SSS No. 123456 Issued on July 21, 2014, General Santos City

MONICA THEA E. FLORES

NOTARY PUBLIC
 Commission Expires on December 31, 2019
IBP Lifetime No. 06101988; General Santos City
PTR No. 06051992; July 14, 2018, General Santos City
Roll of Attorney No. 135815
MCLE Compliance No. 1111111

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