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Wallem Maritime Services, Inc. et al. Vs. NLRC, et al.

WALLEM MARITIME SERVICES, INC. and WALLEM SHIP-MANAGEMENT HONGKONG, LIMITED, Petitioners, versus NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and TIBURCIO D. DELA CRUZ, Respondents.

G.R. No. 163838 | 2008-09-25

D E C I S I O N


AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

Before the Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the May 28, 2004 Court of Appeals (CA) Decision,[1] which affirmed with modification the May 26, 2003 Decision[2] and October 30, 2003 Resolution[3] of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) on the claim for disability benefits of Tiburcio D. dela Cruz (respondent) against Wallem Maritime Services, Inc. (WMSI) and Wallem Shipmanagement Hongkong Limited, (WSHL).

The material facts are of record.

Petitioner WMSI, acting as manning agent of petitioner WSHL, hired respondent as messman under...