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Dulay vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, et al

SEVERINA DULAY, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and JUANITO LAPITAN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-41998 | 1979-04-30

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDEZ, J:

This is a petition to review the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission in ROI-WCU Case No. 3195 entitled "Severina Dulay, Claimant, versus, Juanito Lapitan, Respondent" dismissing the award granted by the Chief of the Workmen's Compensation Section in the Baguio City Sub-Regional Office. 1

The petitioner was allegedly a laborer of both the Island Redrying Plant in San Fernando, La Union and its contractor, Juanito Lapitan, and was assigned in the plant's chemical drying area of tobacco leaves. On June 2, 1969, while in the performance of her work, the petitioner vomitted blood. She was brought...