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Carino vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission

ERIBERTA R. CARINO, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION, BUREAU OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE SECRETARY OF LABOR and/or THE COMPENSATION APPEALS & REVIEW STAFF, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, respondents.

G.R. No. L-45224 | 1979-10-15

D E C I S I O N 

MAKASIAR, J: 

This is a petition for certiorari praying that the decision of the respondent Commission dated January 16, 1976, be set aside and/or declared null and void ab initio; that the decision of the Acting Referee of the Regional Office No. 4, Department of Labor, Manila, dated October 14, 1975 be reinstated; that an additional amount of P300.00 be awarded as attorney's fees; and that the disability benefit award be increased from P5,677.50 to the maximum of P6,000.00. 

The only ground relied upon by the petitioner is that the respondent Commission had no valid authority to review a decision of the...