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Nicetas Vda. De Casapao vs. Republic of the Phil.

NICETAS VDA. DE CASAPAO, petitioner, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (Philippine Navy), THE SECRETARY OF LABOR and/or ACTING SECRETARY OF LABOR AMADO G. INCIONG and/or THE COMPENSATION APPEALS AND REVIEW STAFF (CARS), and ERNESTO H. CRUZ, Chief of CARS, Department of Labor, respondents.

G.R. No. L-46584 | 1980-12-29

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDEZ, J.:

This is a petition to review the decision of the Compensation Appeals and Review Staff of the Office of the Secretary of Labor, successor to the Workmen's Compensation Commission, in R04-WC-Case No. 139481, entitled "Nicetas G. vda. de Casapao, etc. et al. vs. Republic of the Philippines" reversing the decision of the Acting Referee of Region No. 4 dated September 9, 1973 and dismissing the claim for death benefits. 1

On March 22, 1973 the petitioner, Nicetas vda. de Casapao, for herself and on behalf of her minor son, Clifford G. Casapao, filed with the Regional Office No. 4, Department of Labor in...