6/7/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly Atlantic Marine Ltd.,[6] and subsequent rulings of this Court, should govern, considering that the complaint of petitioner was filed on December 28, 2011. In the said decision of this Court, it was ruled that a temporary total disability only becomes permanent when so declared by the company physician within the periods he is allowed to do so, or upon the expiration of the maximum 240-day medical treatment period without a declaration of either fitness to work or the existence of a permanent disability. They also aver that the failure of petitioner to follow the procedure of submitting conflicting assessments to the opinion of an independent third doctor bars his claim for disability benefits. Finally, they insist that the claim for damages and attorney's fees is bereft of any factual and legal basis as there can be no malice, bad faith or ill-motive that can be imputed against petitioner. As a general rule, only questions of law raised via a petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court[7] are reviewable by this Court.[8] Factual findings of administrative or quasi-judicial bodies, including labor tribunals, are accorded much respect by this Court as they are specialized to rule on matters falling within their jurisdiction especially when these are supported by substantial evidence.[9] However, a relaxation of this rule is made permissible by this Court whenever any of the following circumstances is present: 1. [W]hen the findings are grounded entirely on speculations, surmises or conjectures; 2. when the inference made is manifestly mistaken, absurd or impossible; 3. when there is grave abuse of discretion; 4. when the judgment is based on a misapprehension of facts; 5. when the findings of fact are conflicting; 6. when in making its findings[,] the Court of Appeals went beyond the issues of the case, or its findings are contrary to the admissions of both the appellant and the appellee; 7. when the findings are contrary to that of the trial court; 8. when the findings are conclusions without citation of specific evidence on which they are based; 9. when the facts set forth in the petition[,] as well as in the petitioner's main and reply briefs[,] are not disputed by the respondent; 10. when the findings of fact are premised on the supposed absence of evidence and contradicted by the evidence on record; [and] 11. when the Court of Appeals manifestly overlooked certain relevant facts not disputed by the parties, which, if properly considered, would justify elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/63126 4/15

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