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Lecaroz Transit, Et Al. Vs. Secretary Of Labor, Et Al.

LECAROZ TRANSIT, FRANCISCO LECAROZ and ROSA E. LECAROZ, petitioners, vs. SECRETARY OF LABOR and CELSO PADERNAL (deceased), represented by his widow, LOURDES PADERNAL, respondents.

G.R. No. 47210 | 1990-11-21

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

The issues upon which this dispute turns are neither novel nor of any great complexity. The case is notable chiefly for the careless and slipshod manner in which it was dealt with by officials of the defunct Workmen's Compensation Commission. Flawed with error from the outset, it had initially been filed with the Workmen's Compensation Unit at San Pablo City as a claim for disability benefits for Celso Padernal, a driver of Lecaroz Transit, who had allegedly become incapacitated from a brain tumor contracted in the course of his employment. It was very shortly discovered, however, that Padernal was already...