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De Jesus vs. Employees' Compensation Commission, et

JESUS DE JESUS, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION, GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (Philippine National Railways), respondents.

G.R. No. L-56191 | 1986-05-27

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J:

This is a petition to review the decision of the Employees' Compensation Commission which affirmed the decision of the Government Service Insurance System denying the claim for death benefits under Presidential Decree No. 626, of petitioner Jesus de Jesus, surviving spouse of the late Ester P. de Jesus.

On April 13, 1945, Ester P. de Jesus was employed by the Philippine National Railways (PNR) as a telephone operator assigned at its San Fernando, Pampanga railway station. She was transferred in 1964 to the switchboard of the PNR Hospital at Caloocan City. De Jesus worked every other day during the...