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Shoemart, Inc. Vs. National Labor Relations Comm., Et Al.

SHOEMART, INC. petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and MORIS INDUSTRIES WORKERS UNION, respondents.

G.R. No. 90795-96 | 1993-08-13

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, C.J.:

Two main questions are raised in these consolidated petitions. The first is whether the Labor Arbiter's refusal to allow one party to resume and complete cross-examination of a vital witness -- and another party, even to commence cross-examination of the same witness -- constitutes a denial of due process. The second is whether a corporation may be held liable for acts of unfair labor practice and illegal dismissal of employees of a "sister corporation," engaged in a different line of business, on the theory that the latter is the former's alter ego or business conduit.

One of the corporations involved is...