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Pascua vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission

JUSTINO PASCUA, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and SANZ STEEL R.B.M., respondents.

G.R. No. L-42767 | 1978-07-25

DE C I S I O N

MUá'OZ PALMA, J:

This is one of those cases wherein respondent Workmen's Compensation Commission denied a legitimate disability compensation benefit in the rush of anticipation of its abolition scheduled for December 31, 1975 under Art. 286 of the 1974 Labor Code of the Philippines. 1

On November 8, 1974, Justino Pascua filed a claim for disability compensation against his employer Sanz Steel R.B.M., wherein he alleged that in the course of his employment as a "painter" in the factory premises of his employer he contracted pulmonary tuberculosis and fistula en anu which incapacitated him from work since October 18, 1973....