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

CARLITA C. TRINIDAD, for herself and in behalf of her minor children ZENIA, CAROLINA, CARINA, RONALDO and LEANDRO JR., all surnamed TRINIDAD, petitioners, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and BATANGAS LAGUNA TAYABAS BUS CO., respondents.

G.R. No. L-42507 | 1978-02-28

D E C I S I O N

MUá'OZ PALMA, J:

Leandro Trinidad was employed with Batangas Laguna Tayabas Bus Company (BLTB) as a stockman for several years up to the time of his death on May 14, 1974. On that day, May 14, Leandro Trinidad worked as usual and at the close of office hours he went home. Not long after, Trinidad complained of "chest oppression and dizziness" and because he was in a bad state, he was brought at about 10:00 o'clock in the evening to the Calamba Emergency Hospital in Calamba, Laguna, where he was pronounced "dead on arrival." In the death certificate it was indicated that the cause of death was "cardio-respiratory failure...