KLAVENESS MARITIME AGENCY
SECOND DIVISION
KLAVENESS MARITIME AGENCY, G.R. No. 168560
INC., and TORVALD KLAVENESS
CO., A/S, Present:
Petitioners,
QUISUMBING, J.,
Chairperson,
CARPIO,
- versus - CARPIO MORALES,
TINGA, and
VELASCO, JR., JJ.
BENEFICIARIES OF THE LATE
SECOND OFFICER ANTHONY
S. ALLAS, represented by CHERYL Promulgated:
Z. ALLAS,
Respondents. January 28, 2008
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DECISION
TINGA, J.:
This treats of the petition for review on certiorari assailing the Decision [1] and
Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 84794
entitled, Beneficiaries of the Late Second Officer Anthony S. Allas, represented
by Cheryl Z. Allas versus National Labor Relations Commission, Klaveness
Maritime Agency, Inc. and Torvald Klaveness & Co., A/S. promulgated on 31
January 2005 and 16 June 2005, respectively, which reversed the 30 December
2003 Resolution[3] of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC).
Anthony Allas (the deceased), a seafarer, was employed by
petitioner Klaveness Maritime Agency, Inc. in various capacities and under
different contracts of employment from 4 June 1990 to 20 September
1999. Prior to his last contract (for the period 1 February 1999 to 20 September