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Tirso Enopia, et al. vs. Court of Appeals, et al

TIRSO ENOPIA, VIRGILIO NANO, and 34 OTHERS, Petitioners, versus COURT OF APPEALS, (Former Fourteenth Division), JOAQUIN LU, and NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, Respondents.

G.R. No. 147396 | 2006-07-31

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.: 

This case originally had fifty (50) complainants: forty-seven (47) in NLRC Case No. RAB-XI-08-50294, and three (3) in NLRC Case No. RAB-XI-08-50296-97. All 50 complainants basically alleged the same causes of action, i.e., illegal dismissal with prayer for monetary awards and damages. However, fifteen (15) of the complainants subsequently executed quitclaims, leaving thirty-five (35) who are now the petitioners in the present petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court. 

Petitioners were hired from January 20, 1994 to March 20, 1996 as crewmembers...