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Tel. Engineering & Service Co. vs. Workmen's Compensation Comm., et al.

TELEPHONE ENGINEERING & SERVICE COMPANY, INC., petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION, PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF RIZAL and LEONILA SANTOS GATUS, for herself and in behalf of her minor children, Teresita, Antonina and Reynaldo, all surnamed GATUS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-28694 | 1981-05-13

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

These Certiorari proceedings stem from the award rendered against petitioner Telephone Engineering and Services, Co., Inc. (TESCO) on October 6, 1967 by the Acting Referee of Regional Office No. 4, Quezon City Sub-Regional Office, Workmen's Compensation Section, in favor of respondent Leonila S. Gatus and her children, dependents of the deceased employee Pacifico L. Gatus. The principal contention is that the award was rendered without jurisdiction as there was no employer-employee relationship between petitioner and the deceased.

Petitioner is a domestic corporation engaged in the business of...