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Sea-Land Service, Inc. Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, et al.

SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and JOSELITO REYES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-68212 | 1985-05-24

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

This case is about the dismissal of Joselito Reyes, a warehouse clerk, for alleged involvement in the pilferage of cargo. Reyes was employed by Sea-Land Service, Inc. on February 16, 1978. He was dismissed on September 2, 1982 for complicity in the theft of cargo.

The SS Mobile, a vessel of Sea-Land, discharged at Manila on July 10, 1981 cargoes among which were 510 cartons of White Flower patent medicine, a medicinal oil, consigned to D. Heng Trading of Cebu City. The container van brought the cargoes on July 11 to the Fairwinds Warehousing Corporation located at 23rd Street, Port Area, Manila where the...