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GSIS vs. Victoriousa B. Vallar

GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, Petitioner, versus VICTORIOUSA B. VALLAR, Respondent.

G.R. No. 156023 | 2007-10-18

DECISION
 

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

For our resolution is the instant Petition for Review on Certiorari seeking to reverse the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (Second Division) promulgated on November 15, 2002 in CA-G.R. SP No. 69620.

The undisputed facts are:

From 1991 to 1996, former Judge Teotimo Vallar presided over the Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) of Catarman-Sagay, Camiguin Province.

During his tenure, Judge Vallar suffered chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). From December 12, 1995 to January 6, 1996, he was confined at the Cebu Doctors Hospital, Cebu City due to "neuromyelitis optica: pneumothorax"...