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Wilhelmina S. Orozco vs. Court of Appeals et. al.

WILHELMINA S. OROZCO, Petitioner, versus THE FIFTH DIVISION OF THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, and LETICIA JIMENEZ MAGSANOC, Respondents.

G.R. No. 155207 | 2008-08-13

DECISION


NACHURA, J.:

The case before this Court raises a novel question never before decided in our jurisdiction - whether a newspaper columnist is an employee of the newspaper which publishes the column.

In this Petition for Review under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules on Civil Procedure, petitioner Wilhelmina S. Orozco assails the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 50970 dated June 11, 2002 and its Resolution[2] dated September 11, 2002 denying her Motion for Reconsideration. The CA reversed and set aside the Decision[3] of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), which in turn had affirmed the Decision[4] of...