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Sebastian Dimdiman vs. Workmen's Copensation Commission, et al

SEBASTIAN DIMDIMAN, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RAILWAYS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-45203 | 1979-08-20

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 BWC Case No. 6880-ROI entitled "Sebastian Dimdiman, Claimant, versus, Philippine National Railways, Respondent" 1 reversing the decision of the Hearing Officer in Regional Office No. I, Dagupan City, which ordered the payment of sickness compensation benefits and attorney's fees and the reimbursement of medical expenses to the petitioner, Sebastian Dimdiman.

On March 21, 1973, Sebastian Dimdiman filed with the Regional Office No. I at Dagupan City a claim for illnesses of rheumatic heart disease, congestive heart failure,...