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Belmonte vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, et al.

LETICIA B. BELMONTE, for herself and in behalf of her minor children, namely, Candelaria, Daniel, Francis, Zenaida and Jerry, all surnamed BELMONTE, petitioners, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (Bureau of Posts), resp

G.R. No. L-38332 | 1974-07-26

D E C I S I O N

TEEHANKEE, J:

The Court reverses respondent commission's decision against petitioners' claim for death benefits and instead reinstates the referee's original decision on the ground that even though the illness of hypertension which caused the fatal stroke of the deceased may not have been directly caused by his employment nor the nature thereof, still it has been sufficiently shown that said illness was aggravated by his employment of 24 years performing the duties (many times. simultaneously) of letter-carrier and acting postmaster at the Barotac Nuevo post office and the resulting death was therefore compensable....