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Deocampo vs. Seacrest Maritime Management, Inc., et. al.

LEMUEL DEOCAMPO, PETITIONER, VS. SEACREST MARITIME MANAGEMENT, INC., NORDIC TANKERS MARINE A/S DENMARK AND GEZIEL DE GUZMAN, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 236570 | 2021-06-14

THIRD DIVISION

D E C I S I O N
 
LOPEZ, J., J.:
 
It is the duty of a company-designated physician to issue a final and definite medical assessment within 120 days from the time the seafarer reported to him/her. An extension up to 240 days may be invoked only when the company-designated physician performs some significant act to show that the extension was sufficiently justified.
 
This Court resolves the Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assailing the Decision[2] dated August 16, 2017 and the Resolution[3] dated January 4, 2018 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR. SP No....