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Rey Pablo D. Sicangco Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

REY PABLO D. SICANGCO, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION AND METRO DRUG, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 110261 | 1994-08-04

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The usual complaint is that a lawyer coerced somebody into signing the questioned document. In the case at bar, it is the lawyer who claims to have been coerced.

Sometime in April 1985, Rey Pablo D. Sicangco was appointed Senior Attorney in the Metro Drug Corporation (MDC). In 1986, he was promoted to the position of Assistant Vice-President for Legal Affairs. Later that same year, MDC was acquired by another company and subsequently renamed Metro Drug Inc. (MDI). Sicangco retained his position in MDI. As Assistant Vice-President for Legal Affairs, he was in charge of labor relations, personnel administration,...