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Visitacion N. Pajarillo vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, et al.

VISITACION N. PAJARILLO, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (VINZONS PILOT HIGH SCHOOL, DIVISION OF CAMARINES NORTE, BUREAU OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS), and PROVINCE OF CAMARINES NORTE, respondents.

G.R. No. L-42927 | 1980-01-28

D E C I S I O N


MAKASIAR, J.:

Petition for review of the October 9, 1975 decision of the respondent Commission, reversing the August 26, 1974 award of the Chief Referee in RO6-WC Case No. 12502 filed by petitioner with the Workmen's Compensation Unit, Regional Office No. VI, Department of Labor, Naga City.

Petitioner, after serving the government as a school teacher for more than 28 years, retired on July 1, 1973 on which date she also filed with the respondent Commission a claim for compensation by reason of her illnesses of chronic cataract (both eyes) and diabetes mellitus. She made both the Republic of the Philippines and the...