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Eastern Shipping Lines, Inc. Vs. Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, Et Al.

EASTERN SHIPPING LINES, INC., petitioner, vs. PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION, HEARING OFFICER CHERYL AMPIL AND ANGELES J. URBIZTONDO, respondents. Jimenea, Peralta & Zaragosa for petitioner.

G.R. No. 85061 | 1991-08-16

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The petitioner is challenging the decision of the POEA awarding death and burial benefits to the private respondents. The contention is that the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration had no jurisdiction over the employee's claim, which should have been addressed to the Social Security System and charged to the State Insurance Fund.

The decision disposed as follows:

Francisco Urbiztondo was hired for the duration of the voyage of Eastern Galaxy which started on November 9, 1985. He was disembarked for treatment on December 13, 1985. Nothing in the record of this case can suggest that the voyage for...