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Godofredo S. gonzaga vs. Sec. Of Labor

GODOFREDO S. GONZAGA, petitioner, vs. THE SECRETARY OF LABOR and LOVSTED & CO., INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 47300 | 1989-04-19

D E C I S I O N


FELICIANO, J.:

This petition for Review is directed at the Order dated 29 August 1977 of the Secretary of Labor in WCU Case No. 1480 (entitled "Godofredo S. Gonzaga, claimant, versus Lovsted & Co., Inc., respondent").

Petitioner Godofredo S. Gonzaga was employed for several years as a sales representative of respondent Lovsted & Co., Inc. On 15 January 1975, petitioner Gonzaga, then 46 years old, ceased to work for respondent Company, having been diagnosed six months earlier as suffering from cirrhosis of the liver and diabetes mellitus. This diagnosis was confirmed on 19 March 1975 by Dr. Joretta A. Moreno of the...