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Barbas, Eustaquio vs. Victorias Milling Co., Inc., et al.

EUSTAQUIO BARBAS, claimant-petitioner, vs. VICTORIAS MILLING CO., INC., and or WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-43647 | 1984-08-31

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition to review the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission which denied the claim for disability benefits earlier granted by the Workmen's Compensation Unit at Bacolod City.

Petitioner Eustaquio Barbas was employed by respondent Victorias Milling Company from 1947 to September 30, 1971 when he retired as a track capataz at the age of fifty-five. On August 22, 1972, the petitioner filed a claim for disability benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act as amended with the Workmen's Compensation Unit at Bacolod City. He claimed that sometime in 1969, when he was still working...