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Alberto Mendoza vs. V.Enriquez Furniture, etal.

ALBERTO MENDOZA, petitioner, vs. V. ENRIQUEZ FURNITURE and/or VIRGILIO ENRIQUEZ, Manager and owner and WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION, respondents.

G.R. No. L-34229 | 1988-08-30

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

This is a claim for compensation that was filed over 24 years ago with the Workmen's Compensation Commission. After a long wait, the claimant died. His widow now hopes that final action could be taken on their claim.

The facts are undisputed. Alberto Mendoza was employed in 1960 by Virgilio Enriquez who was engaged in the furniture business as a driver of his delivery truck with a salary of P5.00 a day. His daily chore was to make deliveries to buyers within Caloocan City and neighboring cities like Pasay and Manila, six (6) days a week with an average of two deliveries per day. In many instances, Mendoza...