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Master Shirt Co., et al vs NLRC and Master Shirt Employees Union-Anglo And Its Members

MASTER SHIRT CO., INC and LILY ENG YAO, petitioners, vs. NLRC and MASTER SHIRT EMPLOYEES UNION-ANGLO AND ITS MEMBERS, respondents.

G.R. No. 124957 | 1998-12-29

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The petition at bench is a special civil action for certiorari with prayer for preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order filed by Master Shirt Co., Inc. and Lily Eng Yao, seeking to annul and set aside the resolution of the National Labor Relations Commission[1] which affirmed the award of separation pay and attorney's fees to employees of petitioners when the Master Shirt Co. Inc. failed to reopen after it was razed by fire.

The facts are as follows:

On July 17, 1993, the factory and offices of Master Shirt Co. Inc. in Panay Avenue, Quezon City, was totally razed by fire, for which reason, the...