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Paul V. Santiago vs. CF Sharp Crew Mgt., Inc

PAUL V. SANTIAGO, Petitioner, versus CF SHARP CREW MANAGEMENT, INC., Respondent.

G.R. No. 162419 | 2007-07-10

D E C I S I O N
 


Tinga, J.:

At the heart of this case involving a contract between a seafarer, on one hand, and the manning agent and the foreign principal, on the other, is this erstwhile unsettled legal quandary: whether the seafarer, who was prevented from leaving the port of Manila and refused deployment without valid reason but whose POEA-approved employment contract provides that the employer-employee relationship shall commence only upon the seafarer's actual departure from the port in the point of hire, is entitled to relief?

This treats of the petition for review filed by Paul V. Santiago (petitioner) assailing the Decision...