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Please take notice that on June 27, 2018 a Decision, copy attached hereto, was
rendered by the Supreme Court in the above-entitled case, the original of which was
received by this Office on July 9, 2018 at 3:33 p.m.
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) WILFREDO V.
LAPITAN Division Clerk
of Court
[1] Penned by Associate Justice Ma. Luisa Quijano-Padilla, with the concurrence of
Associate Justices Jane Aurora C. Lantion and Rodil V. Zalameda; rollo, pp. 21-33.
[2] Id. at 34-36.
[3] Composed of MVA Edgar Recina, Romeo Cruz, Jr., and Leonardo Saulog.
[4] Rollo, pp. 37-47.
[5] As stated in the Medical Abstract/Discharge Summary; id. at 133.
[6] Id. at 163.
[7] Id. at 164.
[8] Id. at 165.
[9] Id. at 139, based on the Record of Operation dated October 6, 2015.
[10] Id. at 138.
[11] Id. at 140.
[12] De Leon v. Maunlad Trans, Inc., et. al., G.R. No. 215293, February 8, 2017.
(citations omitted)
[13] Sec. 20A(4) of the POEA-SEC.
[14] Philippine Transmarine Carriers, Inc. v. Aligway, G.R. No. 201793, September 16,
2015, 770 SCRA 609.
[15] Grieg Philippines, Inc. et. al. v. Gonzales, G.R. No. 228296, July 26, 2017.
[16] Magsaysay Maritime Services v. Laurel, 707 Phil. 210 (2013), citations omitted.
[17] Page of the VA's decision.
[18] Under the sub-paragraph on "kidney" and more specifically under “residuals or
disorder of the intra-abdominal organ."
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