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Ceniza, Ricardo vs. Employees' Compensation Commission, et al.

RICARDO CENIZA, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION and the GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (Ministry of Education & Culture), respondents.

G.R. No. L-55645 | 1982-11-02

D E C I S I O N


MAKASIAR, J.:

Petition for review on certiorari of the decision dated October 30, 1980 of the Employees' Compensation Commission in ECC Case No. 1434, affirming the decision of respondent GSIS which denied petitioner's claim for death benefits under P.D. No. 626, as amended, for the death of his wife, Perpetua Ceniza.

On September 12, 1947, the deceased entered government service as a public school teacher of Tagbas Community School, District of Albuera South, Division of Leyte, under the Ministry of Education and Culture (p. 28, ECC rec.). In the course of her employment, she contracted chronic pyelonephritis and...