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Pamplona Plantation Co. vs Rodel Tinghil, et al

PAMPLONA PLANTATION COMPANY, INC. and/or JOSE LUIS BONDOC, Petitioners, versus RODEL TINGHIL, MARYGLENN SABIHON, ESTANISLAO BOBON, CARLITO TINGHIL, BONIFACIO TINGHIL, NOLI TINGHIL, EDGAR TINGHIL, ERNESTO ESTOMANTE, SALLY TOROY, BENIGNO TINGHIL JR., ROSE ANN NAPAO, DIOSDADO TINGHIL, ALBERTO TINGHIL, ANALIE TINGHIL, and ANTONIO ESTOMANTE, Respondents.

G.R. No. 159121 | 2005-02-03



THIRD DIVISION
DECISION

PANGANIBAN, J.:

To protect the rights of labor, two corporations with identical directors, management, office and payroll should be treated as one entity only.  A suit by the employees against one corporation should be deemed as a suit against the other.  Also, the rights and claims of workers should not be prejudiced by the acts of the employer that tend to confuse them about its corporate identity.  The corporate fiction must yield to truth and justice.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to annul the January 31, 2003 Decision[2] and the June 17,...