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Perez vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, et al

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

G.R. No. L-43139 | 1979-12-28

D E C I S I O N

MAKASIAR, J:

Petition for review on certiorari of the February 13, 1976 decision of the respondent Commission reversing the October 1, 1975 award of its Acting Referee in RO4 WC Case No. 159497, a compensation claim filed by herein petitioner.
The records disclose that petitioner filed on September 6, 1974 with the Department of Labor, Regional Office No. 4 a notice of injury and claim for compensation. The claim alleged inter alia that in the course of his employment with respondent employer, he contracted pulmonary tuberculosis; that he stopped working on December 15, 1969, by reason of his illness; and that he notified...