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Jose Vicente Santiago IV vs. Bonier De Guzman, etal

JOSE VICENTE SANTIAGO, IV, petitioner, vs. BONIER DE GUZMAN, GUZMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, LABOR ARBITER PERLITA B. VELASCO AND NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, respondents.

G.R. No. 84578 | 1989-09-07

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C.J.:

Article 24 of the Civil Code of the Philippines provides that "(I)n all contractual, property and other relations, when one of the parties is at a disadvantage on account of his moral dependence, ignorance, indigence, mental weakness, tender age or other handicap, the courts must be vigilant for his protection." We heed this dictum in the instant petition.

The present controversy stems from the complaint for illegal dismissal filed before the respondent National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) on July 15, 1986 by petitioner Jose Vicente Santiago IV against private respondents Bonier de Guzman and Guzman...