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Pacienca Vda. De Pongan vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, et al.

PACIENCIA VDA. DE PONGAN, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and LUZON STEVEDORING CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. L-42419 | 1985-05-27

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition for certiorari to review the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission, en banc, which reversed the decision of Acting Referee Benjamin C. Almonte, granting compensation to the petitioner and reimbursement for burial expenses. The Commission dismissed the claim for lack of merit.

Petitioner, through her son, Antonio Pongan, filed a notice and claim for compensation in death cases against respondent Luzon Stevedoring Corporation (LUZTEVECO) for pulmonary tuberculosis which her late husband, Dominador Pongan contracted in the course of his employment with respondent...