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National Housing Corp. Vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, et al.

NATIONAL HOUSING CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. WORKMENS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION, and PEDRO DE LA CRUZ, respondents.

G.R. No. L-43453 | 1985-01-31

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This petition for review on certiorari asks us to annul the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission ordering herein petitioner to pay the private respondent P6,000.00 compensation benefits and the Workmen's Compensation Fund P66.00 as administrative and review fees.

The records are not clear as to when private respondent Pedro de la Cruz was first employed by the petitioner National Housing Corporation. A motion for reconsideration filed with the Workmen's Compensation Commission claims that de la Cruz acquired Hansen's disease in 1961 while working for the petitioner. He was a laborer with...