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AT, Inc vs. WCC, et al.

ALATCO TRANSPORTATION, INC., petitioner, vs. THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and PIO ROSALES, deceased, substituted by MARIA DE ROSALES, CARMEN ROSALES, ANTONIO ROSALES, CORAZON ROSALES and LOURDES ROSALES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-30258 | 1971-11-29

D E C I S I O N


CASTRO, J:

From 1949 to 1964 the Alatco Transportation, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the petitioner) employed Pio Rosales 1 (hereinafter referred to as the claimant) as a regular driver of its passenger buses plying the Naga-Partido route. The claimant started working after undergoing a pre-employment physical examination given by the petitioner's company physician who found him healthy and without physical defect. The claimant received a starting monthly salary of P120, which was raised to P135 after a year of service. Sometime in 1955, he became a driver on commission basis, earning about P280 to P300 per month.

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