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GSIS Vs. CA, et al

GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS), Petitioner, versus COURT OF APPEALS and HEIRS OF ABRAHAM CATE, represented by DOROTHY CATE, Respondents.

G.R. No. 124208 | 2008-01-28

DECISION


AZCUNA, J.:

These two consolidated cases are petitions for review on certiorari of the Decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) promulgated on March 13, 1996, which reversed and set aside the Decision of the Employees Compensation
Commission (ECC) dated September 7, 1995 denying private respondents' claim for compensation benefits of the late Abraham Cate under Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 626, as amended.

The facts are as follows:

On March 6, 1974, Abraham Cate (Abraham) joined the military service as a Rifleman of the Philippine Navy. In 1975, he was designated as Action Clerk. On February 22, 1986, he was transferred to the...