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Valenzona vs. Fair Shipping Corporation

CARMELITO N. VALENZONA, Petitioner,vs.FAIR SHIPPING CORPORATION and/or SEJIN LINES COMPANY LIMITED, Respondents.

G.R. No. 176884 | 2011-10-19

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
 
"Permanent disability refers to the inability of a worker to perform his job for more than 120 days, regardless of whether he loses the use of any part of his body. What determines petitioner's entitlement to permanent disability benefits is his inability to work for more than 120 days."1 On the other hand, "[p]ermanent total disability means disablement of an employee to earn wages in the same kind of work, or work of similar nature that he was trained for or accustomed to perform, or any kind of work which a person of his mentality and attainment...