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Conrado A. Zaragosa vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, et al.

CONRADO A. ZARAGOSA, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION CALTEX (PHIL.) INC., and THE LIVERPOOL and LONDON & GLOBE INSURANCE CO., LTD., represented by WISE & CO., INC., General Agents, respondents.

G.R. No. 32982 | 1991-11-05

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

This petition for review seeks a modification of a decision of the now defunct Workmen's Compensation Commission granting a limited award to petitioner-claimant Conrado Zaragosa.

The petitioner was employed by private respondent Caltex (Phil.) Inc. from September 27, 1954, to November 2, 1965, as a laboratory tester in its refinery in Bauan, Batangas.

On September 28, 1965, he was found by the medical officer of Caltex, Dr. Jose Leviste, to be suffering from allergic or contact dermatitis. The test on the petitioner showed that he became distinctly reactive to cracked naptha and benzene, hydrocarbons which he...