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Government Service Insurance System Vs. Marilou Alcaraz

GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, Petitioner, vs. MARILOU ALCARAZ, Respondent.

G.R. No. 187474 | 2013-02-06




SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

BRION, J.:

Before the Court is the petition for review on certiorari1 to annul the decision2 dated December 12, 2008 and the resolution3 dated April 7, 2009 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 100381. These CA rulings reversed the decision4 of the Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC) denying the claim for death benefits filed by petitioner Marilou Alcaraz following the death of her husband Bernardo Alcaraz.


The Antecedents

Bernardo was employed for almost twenty-nine (29) years5 by the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in Makati City. He worked at the MMDA as laborer, Metro Aide and Metro...