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Philippine Geothermal, Inc., Vs. National Labor Relations Commission

PHILIPPINE GEOTHERMAL, INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and EDILBERTO M. ALVAREZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 106370 | 1994-09-08

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

Petitioner Philippine Geothermal, Incorporated filed the present petition for certiorari seeking the reversal of the decision of public respondent National Labor Relations Commission in NLRC CA No. L-000295-91/RB-IV-1-3583-91 entitled "Edilberto M. Alvarez v. Philippine Geothermal, Inc. et al."

The relevant facts of this case are as follows:

Private respondent Edilberto M. Alvarez was first employed by petitioner on 2 July 1979. On 31 May 1989, private respondent, who was then occupying the position of Steam Test Operator II, injured his right wrist when a steam-pressured "chicksan swivel joint assembly"...