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Malic vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission

ABRAHAM F. MALIC, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, (Department of Justice), respondents.

G.R. No. L-38056 | 1979-10-09

D E C I S I O N

DE CASTRO, J:

Petition for review of the decision dated July 18, 1973 of the Workmen's Compensation Commission which reversed the award of the Regional Office No. VII, Workmen's Compensation Unit, Iloilo City, granting petitioner disability compensation benefits under Sections 13 and 14 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, as amended.

On August 14, 1972, petitioner, a Deputy Provincial Sheriff of Iloilo City, filed with the Regional Office, a claim for compensation by way of reimbursement of his medical and hospitalization expenses after having undergone an operation of an ulcerated newgrowth at the middle third of...