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De Clemente vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission

JOSEFINA BORJA VDA. DE CLEMENTE, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and CITY OF MANILA (Manila Metropolitan Police), respondents.

G.R. No. L-43219 | 1979-01-15

D E C I S I O N

GUERRERO, J:

Petition for review on certiorari 1 of the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission which reversed the decision of the Hearing Officer in RO 3-WC Case No. 12359.

The records show that Patrolman Ferdinand Clemente, a member of the Manila Metropolitan Police, died in the morning of November 9, 1974 as a result of the injuries suffered by him when the jeep he was driving in the discharge of his duties as patrolman was hit and bumped by a Toyota Sedan in Moriones St., Tondo, Manila. The Manila City Fiscal's Office filed the corresponding criminal action against the driver of the Toyota vehicle, but the...