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Obor vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission

MARIA D. OBOR, in her own behalf, and in representation of her minor children, PRIMITIVA OBOR and JOSEFINA OBOR, petitioners, vs. THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION, and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (highway Engineer's Office, Samar), respondents.

G.R. No. L-42508 | 1979-06-29

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDEZ, J:

This is a petition to review the order of the Workmen's Compensation Commission in Case No. R09-WCC-14816 entitled "Maria D. Obor, et al., Claimants, versus, Republic of the Philippines (Highway Engineering District, Auditor's Office), Respondent" affirming the order of dismissal of the Acting Referee of the Workmen's Compensation Unit, Regional Office No. 8, Tacloban City, dismissing the claim of the petitioners on the ground that the said claim had been filed after the deadline fixed in Section 3 of Presidential Decree No. 662, which amended the Labor Code. 1

The record shows that Maria D. Obor is the...