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SEA POWER SHIPPING ENTERPRISES VS SALAZAR

SEA POWER SHIPPING ENTERPRISES, INC., AND/OR BULK CARRIERS LIMITED AND SPECIAL MARITIME ENTERPRISES, AND M/V MAGELLAN, PETITIONERS, VS. NENITA P. SALAZAR, ON BEHALF OF DECEASED ARMANDO L. SALAZAR, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 188595 | 2013-08-28

FIRST DIVISION


DECISION

SERENO, C.J.:

Before this Court is a Rule 45 petition,[1] seeking a reversal of the Court of Appeals (CA) Decision[2] and Resolution[3] in CA-G.R. SP No. 104593. The CA awarded death benefits, minor child's allowance and burial expenses on top of the sickness allowance, hospitalization expenses, moral damages, and attorney's fees granted by the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) to respondent Nenita P. Salazar (Salazar) as the beneficiary of the deceased seafarer, Armando L. Salazar (Armando).

The antecedent facts are as follows:

On 11 April 2003, Armando was employed[4] as an Able Seaman by petitioner Sea Power...