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E.B.Buendia vs Workmen's Compensation Comm. Etal.

ESPIRITA B. BUENDIA, vs. THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and the REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE), respondents.

G.R. No. L-44822 | 1988-02-29

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition for review of the decision of the former Workmen's Compensation Commission which reversed the decision of Acting Referee Ignacio Valera of the Workmen's Compensation Unit, Regional Office No. 4, Manila and dismissed the claim for disability benefits filed by the petitioner Espirita B. Buendia.

The following facts of the case stated in the decision of the Acting Referee were based solely on the petitioner's evidence due to the failure of respondent Bureau of Public Schools to attend the hearings of the case:

"Claimant started working with the respondent, Republic of the Philippines...