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Lilia D. Simon vs. Republic of the Phil,et al.

LILIA D. SIMON, petitioner, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (SUPREME COURT), respondents.

G.R. No. L-42510 | 1976-06-30

D E C I S I O N

MARTIN, J:

This is a compensation case which affects directly the Supreme Court because the petitioner here is a personnel of the Court of First Instance of Cebu over whom it exercises the power of supervision. 1 It is a case which We cannot avoid and which by force of necessity, We are constrained to decide, there being no other tribunal authorized to act on it. 2 The case refers to a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission in WCC Case No. 19003 which reversed the award made by the Acting Chief of the Regional Office of the Department of Labor in Cebu City in favor of the petitioner granting her compensation...