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National Steel Corporation vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

NATIONAL STEEL CORPORATION petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, FORMER FIFTH DIVISION, RENE OFRENEO, in his capacity as Voluntary Arbitrator, and NSC-HDCTC MONTHLY-DAILY EMPLOYEES ORGANIZATION-FFW, respondents.

G.R. No. 134468 | 2002-08-29

D E C I S I O N

AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

Before us is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court seeking the reversal of the Resolution of the Court of Appeals dated November 25, 1997[1] which dismissed National Steel Corporation's petition for review on the ground that the verification and certification of non-forum shopping were signed not by the petitioner but by its counsel of record, as well as the subsequent Resolution dated July 2, 1998[2] which denied petitioner's motion for reconsideration.

The antecedent facts of the case are as follows:

In December of 1993, a dispute arose between petitioner...