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Wallem Maritime Services, Inc. vs. Ernesto C. Tanawan

WALL EM MARITIME SERVICES, INC., Petitioner, vs. ERNESTO C. TANAWAN, Respondent.

G.R. No. 160444 | 2012-08-29

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

BERSAMIN, J.: 

A seafarer, to be entitled to disability benefits, must prove that the injury was suffered during the term of the employment, and must submit himself to the company-designated physician for evaluation within three days from his repatriation. 

The Case 

For review on certiorari is the decision promulgated on November 29, 2002,1 whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) annulled the decision rendered on June 13, 2001 by the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) and reinstated the decision dated January 21, 2000 of the Labor Arbiter. 

Antecedents 

On May 12, 1997, the...