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National Housing Corporation vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, et al

NATIONAL HOUSING CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION, and NICASIA VDA. DE NIONES, MARIO and RENATO, both surnamed NIONES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-37907 | 1977-09-30

D E C I S I O N

MUá'OZ PALMA, J:

The National Housing Corporation, petitioner in this case, owns a big tract of land in Tala, Caloocan City. Sometime in 1971 petitioner undertook the construction of a plant complex inside its property and one of the laborers in the construction was Serafin Niones. On April 18, 1971, Serafin Niones died at the Jose Reyes Memorial Hospital in the City of Manila of "acute cardiac failure due to gastric carcinoma."

On May 4, 1971, the widow, Nicasia Vda. de Niones, in her behalf and of her minor children Mario and Renato, both surnamed Niones, filed with the Workmen's Compensation Commission, Regional...