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Bacatan, et al vs. Workmen's Ccompensation Commission, et al

CIPRIANO BACATAN and ADORACION BACATAN, petitioners, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and RIZALINA VDA. DE IRLANDEZ, in her own behalf and in behalf of her minor child, JOCELYN, surnamed IRLANDEZ, respondents.

G.R. No. L-23992 | 1975-10-27

D E C I S I O N

MARTIN, J:

Appeal from the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission awarding death benefits to the private respondent's.

Petitioners claim they were engaged in the buying and selling of charcoal and firewood. In connection with their business they used two trucks to haul the catch from fishing boats in the area to places where they can be sold. Sometimes between 1959 to 1962 they employed Gervacio Irlandez as a driver-mechanic to drive said trucks and repair them when necessary. However, when they sold said trucks they allegedly dispensed with the services of Gervacio Irlandez.

On October 2, 1962, an explosion...