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Litonjua Shipping Inc. vs. Nat'l Seaman Board, etal

LITONJUA SHIPPING INC., petitioners, vs. NATIONAL SEAMEN BOARD and GREGORIO P. CANDONGO, respondents.

G.R. No. 51910 | 1989-08-10

D E C I S I O N


FELICIANO, J.:

In this Petition for Certiorari, petitioner Litonjua Shipping Company, Inc. ("Litonjua") seeks to annul and set aside a decision dated 31 May 1979 of the National Seamen Board ("NSB") in NSB Case No. 1331-77 affirming the decision dated 17 February 1977 of the NSB hearing officer which adjudged petitioner Litonjua liable to private respondent for violation of the latter's contract of employment and which ordered petitioner to pay damages.

Petitioner Litonjua is the duly appointed local crewing Managing Office of the Fairwind Shipping Corporation ("Fairwind"). The M/V Dufton Bay is an ocean-going vessel of...