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Delegente, Amelia vs. Employees' Compensation Commission, et al.

AMELIA DELEGENTE, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION and GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (Bureau of Posts), respondents.

G.R. No. L-47460 | 1982-11-02

D E C I S I O N


MAKASIAR, J.:

This petition for certiorari seeks to set aside the decision of respondent Employees' Compensation Commission dated October 26, 1977 in ECC Case No. 0533, which affirmed the March 25, 1976 decision of respondent GSIS denying the deceased's claim for medical and income benefits pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 626, as amended.

The late Baltazar Delegente, a resident of Jacinto Street, Mauban, Quezon, was employed with the Bureau of Posts, Postal Region 4-A, San Pablo City, as letter-carrier with the additional duties of mail messenger for more than thirty-four (34) years from January 1, 1942 until his...