G.R. No. 193493 – 711 Phil. 179 – 698 SCRA 485 – Labor Law – Social Legislation – SSS Claims Labor Standards – Hours of Work – Employer-Employee Relations – Four-Fold Test’ Control Test Jaime Fulo had been working in a farm owned by Jaime Gapayao since 1983. In November […]
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G.R. No. 176884 – 675 Phil. 713 – 659 SCRA 642 – Labor Law – Social Legislation – Permanent Total Disability; When present In May 2001, Carmelito Valenzona was recruited and hired by the Fair Shipping Corporation to work as an engineer for Sejin Lines Company Limited. He was assigned […]
G.R. No. L-68648 – 144 SCRA 421 – Labor Law – Social Legislation – Increased Risk Theory From 1976 to 1980, Martiniano Sarmiento had been working as a casual laborer in the Bureau of Agricultural Extension (BAE). Three years after his retirement, he filed a claim for disability compensation from […]
G.R. No. 179868 – 624 Phil. 523 – 610 SCRA 529 – Labor Law – Social Legislation – Total Permanent Disability In May 2001, while Rizaldy Quitoriano was on duty as an employee (2nd Officer) aboard the foreign ship MV Trimnes, he experienced some numbness and weakness with severe headache. […]
G.R. No. 158883 – 521 Phil. 576 – 487 SCRA 452 – Labor Law – Social Legislation – Overseas Employment; Repatriation – Permanent Disability – POEA Contract In 1993, John Melchor Laurente was hired as an engineer by Philippine Transmarine Carriers for its principal Lucky Ocean Marine Corporation. Laurente was […]
G.R. No. 1719 – 7 Phil. 359 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Kinds of Fault – Contributory Negligence Labor Law – Social Legislation – Liability of Employers – Workplace Accident M.H. Rakes was working as a laborer for Atlantic Gulf in the early 1900s. One day, they were […]