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Exaltacion Vda. De Torbela vs. Employees' Compensation Commission, et al.

ExALTACION VDA. DE TORBELA, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION and GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (Bureau of Public Schools), respondents.

G.R. No. L-42627 | 1980-02-21

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDEZ, J.:

This is a petition to review the decision of the Employees' Compensation Commission in ECC Case No. 0009 (Jose P. Torbela, Deceased) entitled "Exaltacion Vda. de Torbela, Appellant, versus, Government Service Insurance System" affirming the decision of the Government Service Insurance System which denied the claim of Exaltacion Vda. de Torbela on the ground that the death of her husband, Jose P. Torbela, Sr., is not compensable." 1

The petitioner, Exaltacion Vda. de Torbela, filed a claim for compensation dated March 20, 1975 with Regional Office VII, Workmen's Compensation Unit, Iloilo City, for the...