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CATALINA EVANGELISTA vs. WORKMENS COMPENSATION COM.

CATALINA EVANGELISTA, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (BUREAU OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS), respondents.

G.R. No. L-43572 | 1977-06-30

MAKASIAR, J.:

Petition for review on certiorari (treated as a special civil action by resolution of the Supreme Court dated July 12, 1976) of the decision of the respondent Workmen's Compensation Commission in R04WC-Case No. 166844, dated March 17, 1976, which affirmed the Order of the Acting Referee of the Department of labor, Regional Office No. 4, Manila, dismissing the claim of the petitioner on the ground that the claim states no valid cause of action and that there is no evidence which would warrant the issuance of an award.

The decision of the respondent Commission narrates the facts of the case thus:

In an Order dated October...