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Central Azucarera Don Pedro vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, et al.

CENTRAL AZUCARERA DON PEDRO, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and VICTOR DE LAS ALAS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-27870 | 1974-10-23

D E C I S I O N

MAKALINTAL, C.J:

This is a petition for review of the decision dated May 15, 1967 of the Workmen's Compensation Commission in WC Case No. R05-2174 as well as of its resolution en banc dated June 30, 1967, denying the petitioner's motion for reconsideration.

The respondent claimant, Victor de las Alas, was employed as a laborer in the "via ferrea" department of the petitioner Central Azucarera Don Pedro in 1946. He worked in that capacity until 1960, when he was found to be afflicted with pulmonary tuberculosis. He stopped working on October 11, 1960.

On October 17, 1960 the petitioner filed with the Department of Labor,...