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Palinsad vs Lizo

CORPORATE INN HOTEL, ANNIE DEL ROSARIO AND JULIE PALINSAD, Petitioners, versus JENNEVIE H. LIZO, Respondent.

G.R. No. 148279 | 2004-05-27

D E C I S I O N




SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:



At the heart of the controversy is the issue of whether petitioners, by the simple expedient of arguing substantial justice and miscarriage of justice, may be allowed to disregard the mandatory 10-day period of perfecting an appeal from the decision of the Labor Arbiter. A reverberating negative ruling was rendered by both the Court of Appeals and the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC).



Before us is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, assailing the Decision[1] dated March 30, 2001 and the Resolution[2] dated May 23,...