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Capitol Wireless, Inc. vs. Carlos Antonio Balagot

CAPITOL WIRELESS, INC. Petitioner, versus CARLOS ANTONIO BALAGOT, Respondent.

G.R. No. 169016 | 2007-01-31

                                               D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:


Petitioner Capitol Wireless, Inc. (Capwire) hired respondent, Carlos Antonio Balagot (Balagot), as collector on September 16, 1987. As Balagot's duties required him to work outside of the office, Capwire assigned to him a motorcycle as a service vehicle, for which it shouldered expenses for gasoline and maintenance.

At around 3:35 p.m. of May 9, 2000, the director of Capwire's Human Resource Department (HRD) saw, to his surprise,...