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Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) Vs. Teresita S. De Guzman

GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS), Petitioner, versus TERESITA S. DE GUZMAN, Respondent.

G.R. No. 173049 | 2009-05-21

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, C.J.:

For resolution is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 seeking to reverse and set aside the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 91046, which overturned the Decision[2] of the Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC) in ECC Case No. GM-16855-0214-05 affirming the denial by the GSIS of respondent's claim under Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 626, as amended, for reimbursement of her medical expenses incurred in the operation of her left eye due to cataract.

Respondent Teresita S. De Guzman, 53 years old, joined the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) as Citizens' Attorney I in April...