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Jose P. Del Castillo, Jr. vs. NLRC. Etal.

JOSE P. DEL CASTILLO, JR., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, MARIWASA HONDA, INC., KAZUE ITO & ROGELIO P. ANTALAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 75413 | 1989-08-10

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

The petitioner was the Credit and Collection Manager of Mariwasa Honda, Inc. ("Mariwasa" for brevity) from August 16, 1973 up to April 1, 1981, when the company terminated his services for dishonesty, grave abuse of discretion, gross negligence, and violation of employment policies and procedures.

Among his duties as credit and collection manager was to file collection suits against defaulting dealers and customers. One such dealer was the Anchor Fishing and Trading Supply owned by Henry Samar of Legaspi City. A judgment by compromise was entered against Samar. Upon the debtor's failure to comply...