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Eduardo Laginlin vs. Workmen's Compensation Comm.

EDUARDO LAGINLIN, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and CANLUBANG SUGAR ESTATE, C.J. YULO and SONS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-45785 | 1988-03-21

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision 1 of the now defunct Workmen's Compensation Commission absolving private respondents Canlubang Sugar Estate and C.J. Yulo and Sons from any liability to the petitioner under the Workmen's Compensation Act.

Petitioner Eduardo Laginlin started his employment with the private respondents as a field worker on 12 December 1955, with specific duties to plant sugarcane and weed the sugarcane plantation owned by respondents, working seven (7) days a week from Monday to Sunday, with a salary of P4.60 a day. In 1967, and while working for the private...