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Prudential Bank (now BPI) vs. Mauricio

PRUDENTIAL BANK (now Bank of the Philippine Islands), Petitioner, vs. ANTONIO S.A. MAURICIO substituted by his legal heirs, MARIA FE, VOLTAIRE, ANTONIO, JR., ANTONILO, EARL JOHN, and FRANCISCO ROBERTO all surnamed MAURICIO, Respondent.

G.R. No. 183350 | 2012-01-18

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

VILLARAMA, JR., J.:


Before us is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, assailing the January 30, 2008 Decision[1] and June 16, 2008 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 82908. The appellate court ruled that respondent Antonio S.A. Mauricio was illegally dismissed from employment by petitioner Prudential Bank.

The antecedent facts of the case are as follows:

Respondent Mauricio was hired by petitioner Prudential Bank on August 17, 1960. He was the Branch Manager of Prudential Bank's Magallanes Branch in Makati City when he was...