Respondents.
Promulgated:
July 5, 2010
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DECISION
BRION, J.:
We review in this petition for review on certiorari1[1] the October 17, 2007
decision2[2] and the April 29, 2008 resolution3[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in
CA-G.R. SP No. 98719 that reversed and set aside the December 29, 20064[4] and
the March 12, 20075[5] resolutions of the National Labor Relations Commission
(NLRC). The NLRC resolutions, in turn, reversed the Labor Arbiter’s decision,6[6]
dismissing the complaint for death compensation benefits of petitioner Lydia
Escarcha, for and in behalf of Joseph Erwin Escarcha, Sheila May Escarcha, and
Alyssa Escarcha (collectively, the petitioners).
1[1] Under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court.
2 [2] Penned by Associate Justice Rodrigo V. Cosico, and concurred in by Associate Justice
Hakim S. Abdulwahid and Associate Justice Arturo G. Tayag; rollo, pp. 21-27.
3[3] Id. at 28.
4[4] Id. at 29-41.
5[5] Id. at 42-43.
6[6] Id. at 54-60.