Back

N. Fabela, et al. vs. San Miguel Corp., et al

NOELITO FABELA, MARCELO DELA CRUZ III, ROGELIO LASAT, HENRY MALIWANAG, MANUEL DELOS SANTOS, and ROMMEL QUINES, Petitioners, versus SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION and ARMAN HICARTE, Respondents.

G.R. No. 150658 | 2007-02-09

D E C I S I O N



CARPIO MORALES, J.:


On review is the July 30, 2001 Decision of the Court of Appeals reversing the ruling of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) and the Labor Arbiter finding petitioners to have been illegally dismissed.

Petitioners, along with Joselito de Lara and John Alovera, were hired by respondent San Miguel Corporation (SMC) as "Relief Salesmen" for the Greater Manila Area (GMA) under separate but almost similarly worded "Contracts of Employment With Fixed Period." After having entered into successive contracts of the same nature with SMC, the services of petitioners, as well as de Lara and...