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NFD International Manning Agents etc. Vs. NLRC, et al.

NFD International Manning Agents and A/S VULCANUS OSLO, Petitioners, versus NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, JOSE I. ILAGAN, JR. and CONSTANTINO CO, JR., Respondents.

G.R. No. 165389 | 2008-10-17

D E C I S I O N


AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

Assailed in the present Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court is the June 21, 2004 Decision[1] and September 14, 2004 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 78870.

The facts of the case are as follows:

Jose I. Ilagan, Jr. and Constantino Co, Jr. (private respondents) were among 21 Filipino seamen hired by herein petitioner NFD International Manning Agents, Inc. (NFD) to work on board the chemical tanker M/T Lady Helene, a vessel owned and operated by petitioner A/S Vulcanus Oslo (Vulcanus), NFD's foreign principal.

On February 11, 1997,...