FIRST DIVISION
SEAGULL MARITIME CORP. and G.R. No. 165156
SEAGIANT SHIPMANAGEMENT
CO. LTD.,
Petitioners, Present:
PUNO, C.J., Chairperson,
- v e r s u s - SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ,
CORONA,
AZCUNA and
GARCIA, JJ.
JAYCEE DEE and NATIONAL
LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION,
Respondents.
Promulgated:
April 2, 2007
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DECISION
CORONA, J.:
Before us is a petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assailing the
decision of the Court of Appeals,[1] finding that the National Labor Relations
Commission (NLRC)[2] did not commit grave abuse of discretion in setting aside
the decision of the labor arbiter.[3]
The antecedents follow.
Sometime in 1999, private respondent Jaycee Dee was employed as an able-bodied
seaman by petitioner Seagiant ShipManagement[4] Co. Ltd., through the assistance