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Malli A. Hatta Hataie Vs. Employees' Compensation Commission

MALLI A. HATTA HATAIE (Deceased), Substituted by EDWIN O. HATTA, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION, GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, respondents. Rogelio P. Vestal for petitioner.

G.R. No. 92803 | 1991-03-22

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

This Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court and Article 181 of the Labor Code (Pres. Decree No. 442, as amended),
challenges the Decision of the Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC), which affirmed the finding of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) that petitioner's ailment, neovascular glaucoma, is not compensable.

Petitioner entered government service as legal aide in September, 1958. He became an administrative assistant of the PCAPE until it was abolished by Executive Order No. 90 on 12 August 1964. On 18 August 1964 he transferred to the Bureau of...