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IMELDA PANTOLLANO et al., PETITIONER, VS. KORPHIL SHIPMANAGEMENT AND MANNING CORPORATION, RESPONDENT.

IMELDA PANTOLLANO (FOR HERSELF AS SURVIVING SPOUSE AND IN BEHALF OF HER 4 CHILDREN HONEYVETTE, TIERRA BRYN, KIENNE DIONNES, SHERRA VEDA MAE, THEN ALL MINORS, WITH DECEASED SEAMAN VEDASTO PANTOLLANO), PETITIONER, VS. KORPHIL SHIPMANAGEMENT AND MANNING CORPORATION, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 169575 | 2011-03-30

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

DEL CASTILLO, J.:

The heirs of a missing seaman may file their claim for death compensation benefits within the three-year period fixed by law from the time the seaman has been presumed dead.
 
This Petition for Review on Certiorari1 assails the Decision2 dated June 30, 2005 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 78759, which granted the petition for certiorari and reversed and set aside the Resolutions dated May 30, 20033 and July 31, 20034 of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) in NLRC NCR CASE No. OFW (M) 2000-05-00302-30 (NLRC NCR CA No. 031095-02).
 
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