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Maximo de la Torre, et al. Vs. Employees' Compensation Commission, et al.

MAXIMO DE LA TORRE (Husband) and GERTRUDES DE LA TORRE (Deceased), petitioners, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION and GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (Ministry of Education & CULTURE), respondents.

G.R. No. L-69491 | 1985-08-07

D E C I S I O N


MAKASIAR, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari to set aside and/or modify the decision of respondent Employees' Compensation Commission, dated September 12, 1984, in ECC Case No. 2192, which affirmed the March 14, 1983 decision of respondent Government Service Insurance System denying petitioners' claim for disability benefits under P.D. 626, as amended.

On June 12, 1933, the deceased, Gertrudes de la Torre, was employed by the Ministry of Education and Culture (now Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports) as a classroom teacher at MECS Sikatuna District, Bohol, handling Grade II classes. In her work, she...