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Coca-Cola Bottlers vs Dominic Vital

COCA-COLA BOTTLERS PHILIPPINES, INC., Petitioner, versus DOMINIC E. VITAL, Respondent.

G.R. No. 154384 | 2004-09-13

D E C I S I O N


SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

While it is well recognized that an employee's violation of lawful and reasonable company rules or regulations constitutes a just cause for his dismissal, it is also true that the application of such company rules must be done without abuse of discretion, for what is at stake is not only his position, but also his means of livelihood.[1]

For resolution is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, assailing the Decision[2] dated April 30, 2002 and the Resolution[3] dated June 28, 2002 rendered by the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No....