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Arcadia Vistal Vs. Employees' Compensation Commission, Et Al.

ARCADIA VISTAL, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION, GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (Department of Education, Culture & Sports), respondents.

G.R. No. 79009 | 1990-07-20

D E C I S I O N


MEDIALDEA, J.:

This petition seeks to reverse the decision dated January 7, 1987 of the Employees' Compensation Commission in ECC Case No. 2679 entitled Arcadia Vistal v. Government Service Insurance System (Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports) which dismissed petitioner's appeal for lack of jurisdiction, the same having been filed beyond the ten-year prescriptive period for filing. The pertinent ruling of the ECC is herein quoted, to wit:

"In the case at bar, appellant contracted her ailments early 1973 long before the Decree came into effect in 1975. Hence, her case is covered by the old workmen's compensation...