he takes them as he finds them and assumes the risk of liability. If the disease is the proximate cause of the employee's death for which compensation is sought, the previous physical condition of the employee is unimportant, and recovery may be had for said death, independently of any pre-existing disease.[14] Percuriam WHEREFORE, the petition is DISMISSED. The assailed Decision of public respondent National labor Relations Commission dated November 24, 1995, is AFFIRMED. Costs against petitioners. SO ORDERED. Bellosillo, (Chairman), Mendoza, Buena, and De Leon, Jr., JJ., concur. [1] Rollo, p. 95. Id. at 34. [3] First name not in the records. [4] Id. at 14. [5] First name not indicated. [6] Id. at 32. [7] Id. at 35-36. [8] Aurelio Salinas, Jr., et al. vs. NLRC and AG & P Co. of Manila, Inc., G.R. No. 114671, November 24, 1999, p. 11; Salazar vs. NLRC, 256 SCRA 273, 281 (1996) [9] Alcosero vs. NLRC, 288 SCRA 129, 138 (1998); Phil. Airlines Employees Association vs. PAL, Inc., et al., 111 SCRA 215, 219 (1982) [10] Rollo, pp. 35-36. [11] Sealanes Marine Services, Inc. vs. NLRC, 190 SCRA 337, 346 (1990) [12] Rollo, p. 25. [13] Wallem Maritime Services, Inc. vs. NLRC, G.R. No. 130772, November 19, 1999, p. 8. [14] More Maritime Agencies, Inc. vs. NLRC, G.R. No. 124927, May 18, 1999, pp. 8-9. [2]