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Salanguit vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, et al

JUAN SALANGUIT, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (Bureau of Public Highways), respondents.

G.R. No. L-43434 | 1979-05-25

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 RO4-WC Case No. 155739 entitled "Juan Salanguit, claimant, versus, Republic of the Philippines (Bureau of Public Highways), Respondent" reversing the decision of the Acting Referee of Regional Office No. 4 of the Department of Labor, Manila, and dismissing the case for lack of merit. 1

On July 12, 1974, Juan Salanguit filed a claim for compensation with Regional Office No. 4 of the Department of Labor at Manila on account of his illness of hypertension and rheumatoid arthritis allegedly caused or aggravated by the nature...