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Government Service Insurance System Vs. Felicitas Zarate, as substited by her heirs, namely Melanie Zarate, et al.

GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, Petitioner, versus FELICITAS ZARATE, as substituted by her heirs, namely, Melanie, Jocelyn, Analie and Henry Joseph, Jr., all surnamed Zarate, Respondents.

G.R. No. 170847 | 2010-08-03

D E C I S I O N


BRION, J.:

We review, through the petition for review on certiorari[1] filed by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), the October 12, 2005 decision and the December 19, 2005 resolution of the Court of Appeals[2] (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 73993 (entitled Felicitas Zarate v. Government Service Insurance System). The CA decision and resolution reversed the Employees' Compensation Commission's (ECC's) affirmation of the GSIS' denial of death benefits to Felicitas Zarate for the death of her husband Henry.

The Background Facts

The CA related the facts as follows:

The deceased Henry Zarate was a native of Pangasinan...