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LEONIDA ROMERO vs. WORKMENS COMPENSATION COM.

LEONIDA ROMERO, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (BUREAU OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS), respondent.

G.R. No. L-42617 | 1977-06-30

MAKASIAR, J.:

Petition for review on certiorari of the January 9, 1976 decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission affirming the September 29, 1975 Order of its Hearing Officer, dismissing petitioner's compensation claim.

Petitioner Romero was employed by the respondent Bureau of Public Schools as an elementary classroom teacher from 1943 until her retirement on January 9, 1974 at the age of fifty-two (52) years by reason of her disability due to hypertension and PTB.

On March 11, 1974, she filed her claim for compensation with the Department of Labor, Regional Office IV, Manila, accomplishing for the purpose WCC Form No. I. Her...