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Rio Y Compania vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, Et Al.

RIO Y COMPANIA, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION, VIVENCIO SOLIS and REMEDIOS M. SOLIS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-21467 | 1967-08-30

D E C I S I O N 


CASTRO, J.: 

This is a petition to review a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission dated January 29, 1963, and its en banc resolution of May 22, 1963, declaring that Virgilio Solis was an apprentice-mate of the M/V Pilar II, owned and operated by the Rio Y Compania, when it sank on August 20, 1959, and holding the latter liable to the parents of the deceased in the sums of P1,528.80 as death compensation benefit and P114.66 as damages. 

As a result of a cyclonic typhoon on August 20, 1959, the M/V Pilar II, owned and operated by the Rio y Compania, sank off Cabuli Island, north of Palawan, on its...