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Silliman University vs. Lucio Benarao, et al.

SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY, petitioner, vs. LUCIO BENARAO, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION, REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Region VII, and the SECRETARY OF LABOR, respondents.

G.R. No. 46613 | 1990-02-26

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

In this petition for certiorari, Silliman University, an educational institution duly organized and registered under Philippine laws with principal office at Dumaguete City, seeks the annulment of a decision rendered by the Workmen's Compensation Commission (WCC, for brevity) on 28 July 1975, solely on jurisdictional grounds.

The antecedents are uncontroverted:

Private respondent Lucio Benarao was employed as a carpenter, on a piece work basis, for Silliman University thru a job contract executed between the latter and Petronilo Nazareno. On 29 May 1969, while repairing the university's shop building, a...