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Dole Phils. vs. Esteva [DECISION]

DOLE PHILIPPINES, INC., Petitioner, versus MEDEL ESTEVA, HENRY SILVA, GILBERT CABILAO, LORENZO GAQUIT, DANIEL PABLO, EDWIN CAMILO, BENJAMIN SAKILAN, RICHARD PENUELA, ARMANDO PORRAS, EDUARDO FALDAS, NILO DONDOYANO, MIGUEL DIAZ, ROMEL BAJO, ARTEMIO TENERIFE, EDDIE LINAO, JERRY LIGTAS, SAMUEL RAVAL, WILFREDO BLANDO, LORENZO MONTERO, JR., JAIME TESIPAO, GEORGE DERAL, ERNESTO ISRAEL, JR., AGAPITO ESTOLOGA, JOVITO DAGUIO, ARSENIO LEONCIO, MARLON BLANDO, JOSE OTELO CASPILLO, ARNOLD LIZADA, JERRY DEYPALUBOS, STEVEN MADULA, ROGELIO CABULAO, JR., ALVIN COMPOC, EUGENIO BRITANA, RONNIE GUELOS, EMMANUEL JIMENA, GERMAN JAVA, JESUS MEJICA, JOEL INVENTADO, DOMINGO JABULGO, RAMIL ENAD, RAYMUNDO YAMON, RITCHIE MELENDRES, JACQUEL ORGE, RAMON BARCELONA, ERWIN ESPIA, NESTOR DELIDELI, JR., ALLAN GANE, ROMEO PORRAS, RITCHIE BOCOG, JOSELITO ACEBES, DANNY TORRES, JIMMY NAVARRO, RALPH PEREZ, SONNY SESE, RONALD RODRIQUES, ROBERTO ALLANEC, ERNIE GIGANTANA, NELSON SAMSON, REDANTE DAVILA, EDDIE BUSLIG, ALLAN PINEDA, JESUS BELGERA, VICENTE LABISTE, CARMENCITA FELISILDA, GEORGE DERLA, RUBEN TORMON, NEIL TAJALE, ORLANDO ESPENILLA, RITCHEL MANEJAR, JOEL QUINTANA, ERWIN ALDE, JOEL CATALAN, ELMER TIZON, ALLAN ESPADA, EUGENE BRETANA, RAMIL ENAD, RENE INGALLA, STEVEN MADULLA, RANDY REBUTAZO, NEIL BAGATILLA, ARSENIO LEONCIO, ROLANDO VILLEGAS and JUSLIUS TESIPAO, herein represented by MEDEL ESTEVA, Authorized Representative, Respondents.

G.R. No. 161115 | 2006-11-30


D E C I S I O N
 
CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:
 
Before this Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the revised Rules of Civil Procedure seeking the reversal of the Decision,[1] dated 20 May 2002, and the Amended Decision,[2] dated 27 November 2003, both rendered by the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 63405, which declared herein petitioner Dole Philippines, Inc. as the employer of herein respondents, Medel Esteva and 86 others; found petitioner guilty of illegal dismissal; and ordered petitioner to reinstate respondents to their former positions and to pay the latter backwages.

The antecedent facts...