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Natividad vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission

VICTORIA O. NATIVIDAD, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (Bureau of Public Schools), respondents.

G.R. No. L-42340 | 1978-08-31

D E C I S I O N

MUá'OZ PALMA, J:

Petitioner Victoria Natividad filed this Petition for Review of a decision of the defunct Workmen's Compensation Commission on the ground that the latter dismissed her claim for compensation against the Bureau of Public Schools without any hearing and without having accorded her an opportunity to present evidence to substantiate her claim.

We gave due course to the Petition and ordered the Department of Labor to forward to Us the records of the case.

The records show that on March 31, 1975, a notice of sickness and claim for compensation was filed with the Department of Labor, Regional Office No. 4, by...