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Capitol Medical Center, Inc. vs. Dr. Meris

CAPITOL MEDICAL CENTER, INC. and DR. THELMA NAVARETTE-CLEMENTE, Petitioners, versus DR. CESAR E. MERIS, Respondent.

G.R. No. 155098 | 2005-09-16

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
CARPIO MORALES, J.: 
 
Subject of the present appeal is the Court of Appeals Decision[1] dated February 15, 2002 reversing the NLRC Resolution[2] dated January 19, 1999 and Labor Arbiter Decision[3] dated April 28, 1998 which both held that the closure of the Industrial Service Unit of the Capitol Medical Center, Inc., resulting to the termination of the services of herein respondent Dr. Cesar Meris as Chief thereof, was valid. 
 
On January 16, 1974, petitioner Capitol Medical Center, Inc. (Capitol) hired Dr. Cesar Meris (Dr. Meris),[4] one of its stockholders,[5] as in...