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Roma vs. Woorkmen's Compensation Commission

VICTORIA M. ROMA, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and BUREAU OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-43675 | 1977-10-28

D E C I S I O N

MUá'OZ PALMA, J:

This case of claimant-petitioner Victoria M. Roma can outright be disposed of and the decision under review set aside under the recent ruling of this Court in Tomas U. Soliven vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission and Republic of the Philippines (Bureau of Public Schools), L-44763, June 30, 1977, penned by Justice Claudio Teehankee to the effect that a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission reversing that of the hearing referee is null and void when it is rendered after the referee's decision had already become final and executory for failure of the employer to appeal the same and to file a...