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Rabanes vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission

ENRILA ORTIZ RABANES, Guardian, for and in behalf of minor child IRMA ORTIZ, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION, and PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL, respondents.

G.R. No. L-40949 | 1978-10-30

D E C I S I O N

MUá'OZ PALMA, J:

Justiniano Ortiz served the Philippine Government for several years as Assistant Provincial Assessor of Misamis Oriental. He died on June 29, 1972, from advanced diabetes mellitus with complications. He was survived by several children of whom only one, Irma Ortiz, was a minor. In behalf of her minor sister, Enrila Ortiz Rabanes filed with the Workmen's Compensation Unit, Regional Office No. 11, Cagayan de Oro City, against the Province of Misamis Oriental, a claim for death compensation arising out of the illness of her father, Justiniano Ortiz, which she alleged occurred and was aggravated in the...