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De Torres vs. Warner Barbers & Co. Inc., et al

TERESITA VDA. DE TORRES, petitioner, vs. WARNER BARNES & CO., INC., and WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION, respondents.

G.R. No. L-42654 | 1978-02-28

D E C I S I O N

MUá'OZ PALMA, J:

The only issue submitted in this Petition for Review is the correctness of the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission rendered on December 13, 1975, whereby the claim for death compensation of the widow of Francisco Torres was dismissed on the ground that it had prescribed, the same having been filed "beyond the prescriptive period of ten years."

The error committed by respondent Commission is evident from the facts of the case as narrated by it in its decision, and from which We quote pertinent portions:

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"The facts of this case are as follows: The deceased was in his lifetime...