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Lucia Europa vs. Hunter Garments Mfg. Inc etal.

LUCIA EUROPA (Mother of Deceased Lucrecia Europa), petitioner, vs. HUNTER GARMENTS MFG. (PHIL.) INC. and INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, respondents.

G.R. No. 72827 | 1989-07-18

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari to annul the Court of Appeals decision which set aside the order of default and judgment by default rendered by the Court of First Instance of Rizal Branch XIII in Civil Case No. 37848 for Damages.

The facts of the case are briefly as follows:

In 1973, the petitioner\'s daughter, Lucrecia Europa, was employed as sample maker by the private respondent Hunter Garments Manufacturing (Philippines) Incorporated. Sometime during the course of her employment, or on March 9, 1978, Lucrecia got electrocuted by the high speed sewing machine which had been assigned to her by the...