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Enriquez vs. Workmen's Compensation Comission

SOFIA L. ENRIQUEZ, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and PHILIPPINE GLOVES COMPANY, respondents.

G.R. No. L-42640 | 1979-09-28

D E C I S I O N

MAKASIAR, J:

Petition for review on certiorari of the January 8, 1976 decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission, filed by petitioner in forma pauperis.

On March 21, 1975, petitioner filed a claim for compensation with the Department of Labor, Regional Office No. IV for kidney ailment (nephrectomy, right kidney), claiming that the date of illness was June 16, 1965 and that she stopped working by reason thereof sometime in 1973 (p. 51, WCC rec.). It appears that by reason of her illness, she underwent surgery for the removal of her infected right kidney (nephrectomy).

On October 30, 1975, the Acting Referee...