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Rodolfo Cepeda, et al. Vs. Bacolod-Murcia Milling Co., Inc., et al.

RODOLFO CEPEDA, claimant-appellant, PATRICIA LUNA and FELIPE CEPEDA, petitioners, vs. BACOLOD MURCIA MILLING CO., INC., and/or WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-42914 | 1985-03-27

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition for the review of a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission dismissing a claim for sickness or injury compensation.

Rodolfo Cepeda was an employee of private respondent, Bacolod Murcia Milling Co., Inc. After having been subjected to physical and x-ray examinations and found fit for employment, he began work in 1965 as a basketman in the boiling house department of the respondent company. He worked seven (7) days a week, not less than eight (8) hours a day, rendering overtime work during the milling seasons.

During the off-milling seasons, Cepeda's worked in the...