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Roberto Serrano vs CA, NLRC, Maersk-Filipinas, et al

ROBERTO R. SERRANO, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, MAERSK-FILIPINAS CREWING, INC. and A.P. MOLLER, respondents.

G.R. No. 139420 | 2001-08-15

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

Were it not for petitioner's relentless efforts, his claim for portions of his salary as a seaman would now be sunk into oblivion. The ebb and flow of his claim will now rest as he is finally awarded what has long been due him.

This is a petition for review on certiorari to nullify the resolutions of the Court of Appeals dated June 18, 1999 and July 15, 1999 dismissing outrightly the petition for certiorari filed by petitioner for having been filed out of time.

The following facts spurred the present controversy:

From 1974 to 1991, respondent Maersk-Filipinas Crewing, Inc., the local agent of respondent...