G.R. No. 178127
http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2009/april2009/178127.htm
SECOND DIVISION
VIRGEN SHIPPING
CORPORATION,
CAPT. RENATO MORENTE &
ODYSSEY MARITIME PTE. LTD.,
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS
COMMISSION,
Petitioners,
G.R. No. 178127
Present:
QUISUMBING, J., Chairperson
CARPIO MORALES,
TINGA,
VELASCO, JR., and
BRION, JJ.
- versus -
JESUS B. BARRAQUIO,
Respondent.
Promulgated:
April 16, 2009
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DECISION
CARPIO MORALES, J.
[1]
Assailed via petition for review on certiorari is the Court of Appeals
Decision of
November 13, 2006 holding Virjen Shipping Corporation, Capt. Renato Morente and
Odyssey Maritime PTE. Ltd. (petitioners) liable to Jesus B. Barraquio (respondent) for
payment of sickness allowance equivalent to 120 days, disability benefits, accrued interest,
moral damages, exemplary damages and attorneys fees.
By a contract forged on February 29, 2000, petitioner Odyssey Maritime, PTE. Ltd.,
through its local manning agent co-petitioner Virjen Shipping Corporation, hired
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