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Pedro V. Solis vs NLRC, et al.

PEDRO V. SOLIS, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and PHILEX MINING CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 116175 | 1996-10-28

R E S O L U T I O N


FRANCISCO, J.:

This case involves illegal dismissal.

Petitioner, Pedro Solis was employed since August of 1972 as an underground miner by private respondent Philex. Due to constant exposure to the elements in the mining area, Solis became ill and was medically diagnosed sometime in 1983 to be afflicted with "Koch's infection, exudative type, minimal (R)". 1 The examining physicians 2 recommended that Solis be assigned to surface work to facilitate his speedy recovery from the illness. 3 This recommendation, including the intercession of petitioner's union on October 1990, that Solis be reassigned temporarily to...