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Bihag, et al vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, et al

PATRICIO BIHAG, CHARLIE BIHAG and RICHARD BIHAG, Heirs of Rizalina Bihag, petitioners, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (BUREAU OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS), respondents.

G.R. No. L-43162 | 1977-02-28

D E C I S I O N

MAKASIAR, J:
This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission dated December 26, 1975 reversing that of the Acting Referee, Regional Office No. 7, Cebu City, dated August 21, 1975, granting the claim for compensation to herein petitioners. On July 12, 1976, this COURT resolved to give due course to this petition, treated this case as a special civil action, and required the parties to submit simultaneous memoranda.

On August 7, 1964, Rizalina B. Bihag married to Patricio Bihag, by whom she gave birth to two children, namely, Charlie and Richard Bihag was employed in the...