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Chef Products, Inc. vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, et al.

CHEF PRODUCTS, INC., petitioner, vs. THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and JUAN TORELLA, respondents. / CHEF PRODUCTS, INC., petitioner, vs. THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and PEDRO TORELLA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-30275 / No. L-30276 | 1974-01-31

D E C I S I O N

ESGUERRA, J:

These two claims for compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act, as amended, were separately filed by Juan Torella [G.R. No. L-30275] and Pedro Torella [G.R. No. L-30Z76] against the petitioner, Chef Products, Inc., due to tuberculosis allegedly contracted by them in the course of, and/or aggravated by, their employment as laborers of the petitioner.

On September 5, 1968, the Workmen's Compensation Commission awarded the two private respondents compensation as follows:

"(1)Under Section 14 of the Act, Juan Torella is entitled to sixty (60%) per centum of his average weekly wage for the period he was...