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Transglobal Maritime Agency Inc. vs. Chua

TRANSGLOBAL MARITIME AGENCY, INC., GOODWOOD SHIPMANAGEMENT PTE., LTD. AND/OR MICHAEL ESTANIEL, PETITIONERS, VS. VICENTE D. CHUA, JR., RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 222430 | 2017-08-30

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
Before this Court is the petition for review on certiorari filed by herein petitioners Transglobal Maritime Agency, Inc. (Transglobal), Goodwood Shipmanagement Pte., Ltd. (Goodwood), and Michael Estaniel, assailing the Decision[1]and Resolution,[2] dated July 20, 2015 and January 12, 2016, respectively, of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 133683.

The facts follow.

Transglobal and Goodwood hired respondent Vicente D. Chua, Jr. (Chua) as Able Seaman and boarded M.T. WAWASAN RUBY on October 12, 2011. As stated in the appointment letter[3] dated September 29, 2011, Chua joined...