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De Laron vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission,et al

PASCUALA D. VDA. DE LARON, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (Department of Health), respondent.

G.R. No. L-43344 | 1976-09-29

D E C I S I O N

MUá'OZ PALMA, J:

This is a claim for compensation filed by Pascuala D. Vda. de Laron with Regional Office No. I, Department of Labor, Dagupan City, against the Department of Health, Republic of the Philippines, for the illness of her husband, Marcelo Laron, incurred in the course of his employment resulting in his death on May 24, 1973.

The Hearing Unit of Regional Office No. I dismissed, on August 25, 1975, the claim for alleged lack of interest of claimant to submit affidavits to substantiate her case.

Claimant's counsel filed a manifestation with a prayer that the order of dismissal be set aside on the ground that...