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Cercado vs. De Dios Transportation Company, Inc.

ERNESTO CERCADO, petitioner-appellant, vs. DE DIOS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, INC., respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. L-42455 | 1979-02-28

D E C I S I O N

MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

This is a Petition for Review 1 of the Decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission dismissing petitioner's claim for compensation against respondent company.

The factual antecedents follow: petitioner started working as a driver of respondent bus company on February 29, 1961. According to petitioner, he used to work seven days a week at P18.00 a day. According to the employer, he was working on commission basis on an average of three days a week at P12 per day.

During his term of employment, petitioner began to suffer the effects of asthma and he received medical attention from Dr. Juan...