SECOND DIVISION
BANDILA SHIPPING, INC., G.R. No. 177100
MR. REGINALDO A. OBEN,
BANDILA SHIPPING, INC.
and FUYOH SHIPPING, INC.,
Petitioners, Present:
CARPIO, J., Chairperson,
- versus - BRION,
DEL CASTILLO,
ABAD, and
PEREZ, JJ.
MARCOS C. ABALOS,
Respondent. Promulgated:
February 22, 2010
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DECISION
ABAD, J.:
Statement of the Case
This case is about a Filipino seafarer’s claim for disability benefits
from cholecystolithiasis or gallstone that was discovered when he suffered
excruciating pain while working on board an ocean-going vessel, an illness that
was not in the list of compensable diseases listed in the standard seafarer’s contract
that he signed with the vessel owner.
The Facts and the Case