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Estelita Vda. de Cardiente vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, et al.

ESTELITA VDA. DE CARDIENTE, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and THE CITY OF BACOLOD, respondents.

G.R. No. L-43693 | 1985-01-17

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition to review the decision of the defunct Workmen's Compensation Commission affirming the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Unit of Bacolod City which denied the claim for death benefits filed by petitioner Estelita Vda. de Cardiente.

Bonifacio Cardiente, petitioner's husband was a member of the Bacolod Police Department from 1946 up to his death on December 27, 1974. By reason of his illness diagnosed by his attending physician as "Common Bile Duct Obstruction", he stopped working on July 24, 1964 so he could be operated on. He was able to return to work in October 1964. On...