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T.B.Espejo vs Workmen's Compensation Comm. Etal.

TACIANA B. ESPEJO, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (Bureau of Public Schools), respondents. ***** TACIANA B. ESPEJO, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (Bureau of Public Schools), respondents.

G.R. No. L-45388 | 1988-09-19

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The petitioner is a public school teacher appointed in 1958. 1 In 1971, she started feeling abdominal pains and was found to be suffering from chronic cervicitis. On April 8, 1974, she was admitted to the Children's Medical Center in Manila and underwent surgery for the affliction on April 10, 1974. She was discharged two days later. 2

On June 25, 1974, the petitioner filed a claim under the Workmen's Compensation Act for medical and hospitalization expenses in the sum of P8,000.00. 3 This claim was not controverted by the respondent Republic of the Philippines, whose representative also failed to appear,...