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Southeastern Shipping, Southeastern Shipping Group, Ltd. Vs. Federico U. Navarra, Jr.

SOUTHEASTERN SHIPPING, SOUTHEASTERN SHIPPING GROUP, LTD., Petitioners, versus FEDERICO U. NAVARRA, JR., Respondent.

G.R. No. 167678 | 2010-06-22

D E C I S I O N


DEL CASTILLO, J.:

Money claims arising from employer-employee relations, including those specified in the Standard Employment Contract for Seafarers, prescribe within three years from the time the cause of action accrues.[1] However, for death benefit claims to prosper, the seafarer's death must have occurred during the effectivity of said contract.

This Petition for Review assails the January 31, 2005 Decision[2] and the April 4, 2005 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP. No. 85584. The CA dismissed the petition for certiorari filed before it assailing the May 7, 2003 Decision[4] of the National...