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Vega vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, et al

CARMELITA E. VEGA, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (Bureau of Public Schools), respondents. Pedro D. Bunao & Amado A. Caballero for petitioner. Acting Solicitor General Hugo E. Gutierrez Jr., Assistant S

G.R. No. L-43134 | 1979-03-26

D E C I S I O N

DE CASTRO, J:

This is a petition for review 1 of the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission which reversed the award rendered by the Hearing Referee granting petitioner disability compensation benefits under Sections 13 and 14 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, as amended.

The referee's decision dated November 5, 1975 granted petitioner-claimant Carmelita E. Vega P6,000.00 as disability compensation for her ailment diagnosed as ectopic pregnancy, complicated with hypertension and urinary tract infection, besides having undergone hysterectomy, which caused her disability for labor as a public school teacher;...