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PLDT Co. vs. Deferino Dulay

PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY, MARIANO R. PADILLA and ERIBERTO MELLIZA, petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE CEFERINO DULAY, in his capacity as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Cebu, Branch XVI, Lapu-Lapu City; ROSEMARY MAYORDO-ALFEREZ. ANITA MAYORDO and, TERESITA T. MAYORDO, respondents.

G.R. No. 53446 | 1989-04-12

D E C I S I O N


CORTES, J.:

The instant petition challenges the jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance over the subject matter of Civil Case No. 437-L entitled "Rosemary Mayordo-Alferez, joined in and assisted by her husband, Rey Alferez, Anita Mayordo and Teresita Mayordo vs. The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, Inc., et al." on the ground that since it involves a labor dispute, it falls within the original and exclusive jurisdiction of the Labor Arbiters and the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) of the then Ministry of Labor.

Private respondents, Rosemary Alferez and Teresita Mayordo, were employed as junior...