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de Leon, Diosa vs. Employees' Compensation Commission, et al.

DIOSA DE LEON, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE (Philippine Navy), respondents.

G.R. No. L-55539 | 1982-11-19

D E C I S I O N


MAKASIAR, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari which seeks to set aside the decision of respondent Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC) dated October 23, 1980 (Annex "B", Petition, pp. 10-13, rec.) in ECC Case No. 1495, which affirmed the decision/letter-denial of respondent Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) dated December 12, 1979 (Annex "A", Petition, p. 9, rec.) denying petitioner's claim for income (death) benefits under Presidential Decree No. 626 for the death of her husband Ruben de Leon on September 5, 1978.

The undisputed facts are as follows:

Petitioner Diosa de Leon is the widow of the late...