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Nyk-Fil Ship Management, Inc. et al. Vs. Alfonso T. Talavera

NYK-FIL SHIP MANAGEMENT INC., and/or JOSEPHINE J. FRANCISCO and TMM CO. LTD, TOKYO, JAPAN, Petitioners, versus ALFONSO T. TALAVERA, Respondent.

G.R. No. 175894 | 2008-11-14

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Alfonso T. Talavera (respondent) entered into a nine-month contract of employment with petitioner NYK-Fil Ship Management, Inc. (NYK-Fil) and/or Josephine J. Francisco, acting for and in behalf of petitioner TMM Co., Ltd. - Tokyo, Japan, as a fitter on board the M.T. Tachiho vessel. As a fitter, he performed repair and maintenance and welding works which called for him to move heavy equipment and materials.

After respondent started working in June 2003, he, on several occasions, felt slight pains in his back and other parts of his body. He thus had frequent consultations with the ship medical officer...