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Eastern Shipping Lines, Inc., et al. vs. Dioscoro D. Sedan

EASTERN SHIPPING LINES, INC., and/or ERWIN L. CHIONGBIAN, Petitioners, versus DIOSCORO D. SEDAN, Respondent.

G.R. No. 159354 | 2006-04-07

THIRD DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


QUISUMBING, J.

For review on certiorari are the Decision [1] and Resolution, [2] dated February 14, 2003 and August 7, 2003, respectively, of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 70836, which reversed the October 4, 2001 [3] Resolution of the National Labor Relations Commission affirming the Labor Arbiter's Decision of June 15, 2000. [4] 

The antecedent facts, as culled from the records, are as follows: 

On December 30, 1973, petitioners hired on a per-voyage basis private respondent Dioscoro [5] Sedan as 3rd marine engineer and oiler in one of the vessels owned by petitioners. His last voyage...