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Nicasio P. Rodriguez, Jr., vs. Antonio L. Aguilar, Sr.

NICASIO P. RODRIGUEZ JR., ANTONIO P. ERENETA, JUANITO A. MAGNO, VICTOR C. PINEDA, BITUIN V. SALCEDO, CESAR R. SAN DIEGO, VICTOR V. TANTOCO and AMADOR C. DE LA MERCED, Petitioners, versus ANTONIO L. AGUILAR SR., Respondent.

G.R. No. 159482 | 2005-08-30

THIRD DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

PANGANIBAN, J.: 

Claims for moral and exemplary damages arising from employer-employee relations fall within the original and exclusive jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Commission, not the regular courts. Hence, in the present case, the trial court should not have entertained the Complaint filed by respondent for damages arising from the alleged oppressive manner of his dismissal by petitioners. 

The Case 

Before the Court is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to reverse and set aside the March 31, 2003 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA)...