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Pedro Esguerra vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, et al.

PIPE CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 43082 | 1985-04-09

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition for review of the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission reversing the decision of the Acting Referee of the Department of Labor, Manila and revoking the award of P6,000.00 disability compensation granted by said officer.

The facts of the case are stated in the appealed decision as follows:

"Pedro Esguerra was employed as a pipe cutter by the respondent corporation with a daily wage of P9.25 working six (6) days a week. He started working in the said corporation sometime in 1964. Seven years later, or on July 16, 1971, he stopped working.

"On September 27, 1971, he...