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Medline Management, Inc. and Grecomar Shipping Agency Vs. Gliceria Roslinda and Ariel Roslinda

MEDLINE MANAGEMENT, INC. and GRECOMAR SHIPPING AGENCY, Petitioners, versus GLICERIA ROSLINDA and ARIEL ROSLINDA, Respondents

G.R. No. 168715 | 2010-09-15

D E C I S I O N


DEL CASTILLO, J.:

If a seafarer dies after the termination of his contract of employment, the Court can only commiserate with his heirs because it has no alternative but to declare that his beneficiaries are not entitled to the death benefits provided in the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Standard Employment Contract (SEC).

This Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] assails the Decision[2] dated March 11, 2005 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 87648, which dismissed the petition for certiorari with prayer for the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction and/or restraining order...