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Rino vs ECC & SSS

BEBERISA RINO, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION COMMISSION and SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, respondents.

G.R. No. 132558 | 2000-05-09

D E C I S I O N 


PANGANIBAN, J.: 

Death benefits under the Labor Code, as amended, are awarded only when the cause of death is listed as an occupational disease by the Employees' Compensation Commission, or when the claimant presents proof that the working conditions increased the risk of contracting the fatal disease. 

The Case 

Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court seeking to set aside the June 30, 1997 Decision1 [Rollo, pp. 34-38.] of the Court of Appeals (CA)2 [Eighth Division. The Decision was written by J. Oswaldo D. Agcaoili, with the concurrence of JJ Jaime M. Lantin...