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Gloria V. Gomez Vs. PNOC Development and Management Corporation (PDMC)

GLORIA V. GOMEZ, Petitioner, versus PNOC DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (PDMC) – (formerly known as FILOIL DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION [FDMC]), Respondent

G.R. No. 174044 | 2009-11-27

D E C I S I O N


ABAD, J.:

This case is about what distinguishes a regular company manager performing important executive tasks from a corporate officer whose election and functions are governed by the company's by-laws.

The Facts and the Case

Petitioner Gloria V. Gomez used to work as Manager of the Legal Department of Petron Corporation, then a government-owned corporation. With Petron's privatization, she availed of the company's early retirement program and left that organization on April 30, 1994. On the following day, May 1, 1994, however, Filoil Refinery Corporation (Filoil), also a government-owned corporation, appointed her...