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Jose Marcelo, Et Al. Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

JOSE MARCELO and CARLITO SARCIA, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and T. P. MARCELO and LUZ ICE PLANT and COLD STORAGE, respondents.

G.R. No. 113458 | 1995-01-31

R E S O L U T I O N


VITUG, J.:

Petitioners were employed - Jose Marcelo as truck driver on 10 November 1972 and Carlito Sarcia as truck helper on 06 May 1988 - by private respondent. On 27 November 1990, petitioners delivered and unloaded a truckload of ice to Frabelle Fishing Corporation. When a security guard (Negrido) of Frabelle Fishing Corporation noticed that a one-fourth block of ice (the exact size remained in dispute) was left on board the truck,, he ordered it to be likewise unloaded. Petitioner Sarcia allegedly "threw" the piece of ice to the ground, splashing mud on the pants of Negrido that infuriated the latter. Negrido...