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Ramona vs. Magsaysay Maritime Corp. [CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION SERENO, CJ]

BENEDICT N. ROMANA, PETITIONER, V. MAGSAYSAY MARITIME CORPORATION / EDUARDO U. MANESE AND/OR PRINCESS CRUISE LINE, LTD., RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 192442 | 2017-08-09

CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION
 
SERENO, CJ:
 
I concur with the majority that petitioner is not entitled to disability benefits for failing to establish the four requisites of compensability under Section 32-A of the 2000 Philippine Overseas Employment Administration Standard Terms and Conditions Governing the Employment of Filipino Seafarers On-Board Ocean-going Ships (POEA-SEC). Notably, the initial theory of petitioner was that his illness was caused by an accident while he was on board, when a piece of metal ceiling fell and hit his head.[1] In his appeal before the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), he modified...