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Benjamin C. Millan Vs. Wallem Maritime Services, Inc., et al.

BENJA C. MILLAN, Petitioner, versus WALLEM MARITIME SERVICES, INC., REGINALDO A. OBEN AND/OR WALLEM SHIPMANAGEMENT, LTD., Respondents.

G.R. No. 195168 | 2012-11-12

SECOND DIVISION


R E S O L U T I O N

PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assailing the Decision2 dated August 20, 2010 and Resolution3 dated January 13, 2011 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 104924 which decreed petitioner Benjamin C. Millan entitled only to partial disability benefits in the sum of US$7,465.00 plus ten percent (10%) thereof as attorney's fees, or its peso equivalent at the time of payment.

The facts are undisputed.

Petitioner Benjamin C. Millan has been under the employ of Wallem Maritime Services, Inc. as a seafarer since May 1981.4...