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CENTENNIAL TRANSMARINE, INC. AND/OR MR. EDUARDO R. JABLA, CENTENNIAL MARITIME SERVICES & MTV BONNIE SMITHWICK, PETITIONERS, VS. PASTOR M. QUIAMBAO, RESPONDENT.

CENTENNIAL TRANSMARINE, INC. AND/OR MR. EDUARDO R. JABLA, CENTENNIAL MARITIME SERVICES & MTV BONNIE SMITHWICK, PETITIONERS, VS. PASTOR M. QUIAMBAO, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 198096 | 2015-07-08

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

DEL CASTILLO, J.:

"[T]he company-designated physician is expected to arrive at a definite assessment of the seafarer's fitness to work or permanent disability within the period of 120 or 240 days. That should he fail to do so and the seafarer's medical condition remains unresolved, the seafarer shall be deemed totally and permanently disabled,"[1] as in this case.
 
This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari[2] assailing the February 28, 2011 Decision[3] and August 9, 2011 Resolution[4] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 104798, which affirmed the April 23, 2008[5] and...