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GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, PETITIONER, VS. JOSE M. CAPACITE, RESPONDENT.

GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, PETITIONER, VS. JOSE M. CAPACITE, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 199780 | 2014-09-24

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

BRION, J.:

This is an appeal under Rule 43 of the Rules of Court of the decision1 dated August 4, 2011 and the resolutiondated November 24, 2011 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR SP No. 116030. The appealed decision reversed and set aside the Decision dated June 29, 2010 of the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC), which denied the claim for compensation benefits under Presidential Decree No. 626 (PD 626)3 filed by Jose M. Capacite (Jose).

The Antecedent Facts
 
Elma Capacite (Elma) was an employee in the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) – Eastern Samar Provincial...