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Melitona Gersalino vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, et al.

MELITONA GERSALINO, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION, and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 43664 | 1990-07-02

D E C I S I O N


BIDIN, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari seeking to set aside the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission which affirmed the order of the Department of Labor dismissing the claim of petitioner for compensation benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act, as amended.

Petitioner is a public school teacher assigned at Kabankalan, Negros Occidental since 1962. On April 14, 1971, she filed a claim for disability compensation benefit with the Regional Office of the Department of Labor for rheumatoid arthritis which was allegedly caused by prolonged standing and other physical stress arising from...