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Panotes, Venusto vs. Employees' Compensation Commission, et al.

VENUSTO PANOTES, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION, GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (Ministry of Education and Culture), respondents.

G.R. No. L-64802 | 1984-03-29

D E C I S I O N


MAKASIAR, Actg. C.J.:

This is an appeal by certiorari, seeking the review of the decision of respondent Employees' Compensation Commission in ECC Case No. 1963, dated June 16, 1983, affirming the decision of respondent Government Service Insurance System denying the claim of petitioner Venusto Panotes for compensation benefits under P.D. 626, as amended, for the death of his wife, Agustina Garfin Panotes, on the ground that the cause of death, colonic malignancy or cancer of the colon, is not compensable.

The GSIS, however, paid the petitioner gratuity benefits under C.A. No. 186, as amended, in the amount of...