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Ponce vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission

ZACARIAS PONCE, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (Bureau of Public School), respondents.

G.R. No. L-43030 | 1978-08-31

D E C I S I O N

SANTOS, J:

This a "Petition for Review on Certiorari" 1 filed March 15, 1976 to review and reverse the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission (Commission, for short) en banc, in RO7-WWC Case No. 19043, affirming the decision of its Hearing Officer and Acting Referee, (Referee, for short) Fernando S. Camacho, which dismissed claimant-petitioner's claim for compensation under Act No. 3428, as amended, on two grounds namely - "claimant . . . retired under CA 186 which prohibits the granting of benefits or gratuity to an employee who retired under the Act, and . . . claimant did not loss (sic) any earning power or...