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Valencia vs. Worken's Commpensation Commission, et al

ESPERANZA VALENCIA, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and THE CITY OF MANILA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-41554 | 1976-07-30

D E C I S I O N

MUá'OZ PALMA, J:

Petitioner Esperanza Valencia seeks a review of the decision of respondent Workmen's Compensation Commission dated September 11, 1975 in RO4-WC Case No. 137823-144-III which dismissed her claim for disability compensation arising from pulmonary tuberculosis incurred during her employment with respondent City of Manila. 1

The pertinent facts of this case are poignantly simple, to wit:

Petitioner was employed in the City of Manila as a casual laborer, more particularly as a street sweeper or "caminero", having performed that work since 1966 (the record does not show the particular month when she...