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Solfrido Fedillo vs. Workmen's Compeensation Commission, et al.

SOLFRIDO FEDILLO, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and ANTONIO ESTEBAN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-43642 | 1985-01-17

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 reversing the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Unit, Sub-Regional Office No. VI, Bacolod City which granted petitioner's claim for compensation as a consequence of his illness of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB).

Petitioner was employed by private respondent Antonio Esteban as truck driver sometime in the year 1972. He was not known to have been suffering from any illness at the time of employment.

Petitioner's job was to drive trucks which were used in hauling sugar cane. The nature of his work exposed him to heat,...