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Lopez, Florencia Ang vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, et al.

FLORENCIA ANG LOPEZ, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and PHILIPPINE AMERICAN MANUFACTURING MARKETING CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. L-42592 | 1984-09-28

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition to review the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission which denied the petitioner's claim for compensation benefits on the ground of lack of proof to support the claim.

Florencia Ang Lopez was hired by the Philippine American Manufacturing Marketing Corporation sometime in 1965 as a machine operator with an average weekly wage of P48.00. On November 22, 1970, while working, the petitioner suffered pains and weakening of the body accompanied by fever, coughing, and difficulty of breathing. She had herself examined by Dr. Triponia Avendaña of Plaridel, Bulacan who...