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Generoso Alano vs. Employees' Compensation Comm.

GENEROSO ALANO, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION, respondent.

G.R. No. L-48594 | 1988-03-16

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

The only issue in this case is whether or not the injury sustained by the deceased Dedicacion de Vera resulting in her death is compensable under the law as an employment accident.

The facts as found by the respondent Employees' Compensation Commission are as follows:

"Dedicacion de Vera, a government employee during her lifetime, worked as principal of Salinap Community School in San Carlos City, Pangasinan. Her tour of duty was from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. On November 29, 1976, at 7:00 A.M., while she was waiting for a ride at Plaza Jaycee in San Carlos City on her way to the school, she was bumped...