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Wallem Maritime Services, Inc. and Scandic Shipmanagement Limited Vs. Eriberto S. Bultron

WALLEM MARITIME SERVICES, INC. and SCANDIC SHIPMANAGEMENT LIMITED, Petitioner, versus ERIBERTO S. BULTRON, Respondent.

G.R. No. 185261 | 2009-10-02

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Wallem Maritime Services, Inc. and Scandic Shipmanagement, Ltd. (petitioners) hired Eriberto S. Bultron (respondent) on February 3, 1999 as crane operator in their vessel MV EASTERN FALCON for a period of twelve (12) months.

In the course of his employment, respondent developed "chronic coughs," hence, petitioners referred him to their company physician in Langkawi, Malaysia who issued a medical report dated April 6, 2000 stating, inter alia, that "by the nature of [respondent's] work as a seaman, he has been exposed to cement dust as his cargo ship carries cement;" and that his "Chest X-ray shows...