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Nasipit Lumber Co. Inc. vs. NLRC, etal.

NASIPIT LUMBER COMPANY, INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, EXECUTIVE LABOR ARBITER ILDEFONSO G. AGBUYA and JUANITO COLLADO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-54424 | 1989-08-31

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C.J.:

Petitioner Nasipit Lumber Company, Inc. (NALCO for brevity) is a domestic corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Philippines. It is engaged in the business of logging, lumber manufacturing and wood processing with field offices at Nasipit, Agusan del Norte.

Private respondent Juanito Collado was employed by petitioner as a security guard on September 9, 1970. He was assigned as 1st Sergeant of the NALCO Security Force at Nasipit. In the course of Collado's employment or on August 20, 1976, four (4) crates of lawanit boards containing 1,000 panels were stolen from petitioner's premises,...