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National Development Companny vs. Esteban Galamgam

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, petitioner, vs. ESTEBAN GALAMGAM, substitute claimant for deceased Juana S. Galamgam, respondent.

G.R. No. L-29634 | 1971-04-29

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J:

Petitioner National Development Company continues to resist an award in favor of respondent Esteban Galamgam, husband of one of its employees who died of pulmonary tuberculosis. To justify its adamant stand, petitioner would invoke what it considered sufficient legal barriers, the late filing of the claim and the insufficiency as a basis for an unfavorable judgment of a failure to controvert, which petitioner would downgrade as a pure technicality. To state the grounds thus relied upon is to demonstrate their lack of merit We affirm.

There is no dispute that the deceased Juana Saribay Galamgam worked for...