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VDA Fish Broker Vs. National Labor Relations Commission

VDA FISH BROKER and/or VENERANDO ALONZO, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, RUPERTO BULA and VIRGILIO SALAC, respondents.

G.R. Nos. 76142-43 | 1993-12-27

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

The ruling of public respondent National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) that "[t]he resolution of a corollary issue in a case does not constitute res judicata to a subsequent case involving the same question of employer-employee relationship," 1 is disputed by the petitioner and the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG).

Petitioner VDA Fish Broker (VDA), a duly licensed fish broker, owned, operated and represented herein by petitioner Venerando D. Alonzo, is in the business of selling fish. It engaged the services of private respondents Ruperto Bula and Virgilio Salac, among others, as batilyos "to...