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Liganza vs. RBL Shipyard Corp.

HERMONIAS L. LIGANZA, Petitioner, versus RBL SHIPYARD CORPORATION and ENGR. BEN LIM, JR., Respondents.

G.R. No. 159862 | 2006-10-17

THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
Tinga, J.
 
This is a petition for certiorari to review the Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 71459 affirming the ruling of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) that petitioner is a project employee. 
 
After working as a carpenter for respondent since August 1991, petitioner's employment was terminated on 30 October 1999. This prompted petitioner to file a complaint for illegal dismissal, alleging that on said date he was verbally informed that he was already terminated from employment and barred from entering the premises. On the same occasion, he was told...