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Centennial Transmarine Inc. vs. Sales

CENTENNIAL TRANSMARINE INC., EDUARDO R. JABLA, CENTENNIAL MARITIME SERVICES & M/T ACUSHNET, PETITIONERS, V. EMERITO E. SALES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 196455 | 2019-07-08

D E C I S I O N
 
CARANDANG, J.:
 
This Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assails the Decision[2] dated January 21, 2011 of the Court of Appeals (CA) Special Fifth Division awarding the payment of total permanent disability benefits to respondent Emerito E. Sales (Sales).
 
The Facts of the Case
 
Sales was hired by Centennial Transmarine, Inc. (CTI), a local manning agency acting for and in behalf of its principal Centennial Maritime Services, to work as Pumpman on board M/V Acushnet for nine (9) months.[3]
 
Sales claims that sometime in April 2006, while transferring...