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with prevailing jurisprudence.[54]
WHEREFORE, the petition is GRANTED. The Decision dated January 16, 2017 and the
Resolution dated May 22, 2017 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 122771
are REVERSED and SET ASIDE. Accordingly, the Decision dated August 24, 2011 and
the Resolution dated October 4, 2011 of the National Labor Relations Commission in
NLRC-LAC Case No. M-05-000458-11, which awarded petitioner Cesar C. Pelagio the
amounts of US$70,000.00 representing permanent total disability benefits and
US$7,000.00 as attorney's fees, or a total of US$77,000.00, at their peso equivalent at
the time of actual payment, are hereby REINSTATED, with MODIFICATION imposing
on said awards legal interest of six percent (6%) per annum from finality of this
Decision until full payment.
SO ORDERED.
Carpio, Senior Associate Justice, (Chairperson), Caguioa, J. Reyes, Jr., and LazaroJavier, JJ., concur.
[1] Rollo, pp. 8-24.
[2] Id. at 228-240 & 246-254. Penned by Associate Justice Magdangal M. De Leon with
Associate Justices Myra V. Garcia-Fernandez and Renato C. Francisco, concurring.
[3] Id. at 262-263.
[4] Id. at 140-156. Penned by Commissioner Numeriano D. Villena with Presiding
Commissioner Herminio V. Suelo and Commissioner Angelo Ang Palaña, concurring.
[5] Id. at 158-161.
[6] Id. at 115-120. Penned by Labor Arbiter Jose G. De Vera.
[7] Id. at 25.
[8] Id. at 26-40.
[9] See medical examination records dated September 25, 2009; id. at 42.
[10] See id. at 141 and 229.
[11] See indorsement letter dated May 18, 2010; CA rollo, p. 203.
[12] See rollo, p. 141.
[13] See id. at 142.
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