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Tertuliano Abejaron Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

TERTULIANO ABEJARON, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, (TWELFTH DIVISION) and PEPSI COLA BOTTLING CO., INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 101767 | 1992-05-08

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

In 1978, petitioner Tertuliano Abejaron was employed by private respondent Pepsi Cola Bottling Co., Inc. as a salesman.

In May 1980, Pepsi suspended him without pay for an alleged unremitted collection of P67,945.70. A complaint for estafa was also filed against him with the Provincial Fiscal of General Santos but this was subsequently dismissed for lack of sufficient evidence.

Abejaron was reinstated on November 11, 1980, but in November 1982, he was served a warning on a second charge that he had incurred questionable route shortages and had repeatedly failed and refused to remit his daily collections. He...