6/5/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly While the Court adheres to the principle of liberality in favor of the seafarer in construing the Standard Employment Contract, we cannot allow claims for compensation based on surmises. When the evidence presented negates compensability, we have no choice but to deny the claim, lest we cause injustice to the employer.[12] The law in protecting the rights of the employees, authorizes neither oppression nor self-destruction of the employer - there may be cases where the circumstances warrant favoring labor over the interests of management but never should the scale be so tilted as to result in an injustice to the employer.[13] WHEREFORE, the Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court of petitioners Ma. Susana A. Awatin, and on behalf of the heirs/beneficiaries of deceased Alberto Awatin, is hereby DENIED. Consequently, the Decision and Resolution of the Court of Appeals, dated March 21, 2007 and August 3, 2007, respectively, are hereby AFFIRMED. SO ORDERED. Villarama, Jr., Perez,** Mendoza,*** and Jardeleza, JJ., concur. July 8, 2015 NOTICE OF JUDGMENT Sirs / Mesdames: Please take notice that on June 29, 2015 a Decision, copy attached hereto, was rendered by the Supreme Court in the above-entitled case, the original of which was received by this Office on July 8, 2015 at 2:18 p.m. Very truly yours, (SGD.) WILFREDO V. LAPITAN Division Clerk of Court * Per Special Order No. 2071 dated June 23, 2015. ** Designated Acting Member in lieu of Associate Justice Bienvenido L. Reyes, per Special Order No. 2084 dated June 29, 2015. *** Designated Acting Member in lieu of Associate Justice Presbitero J. Velasco, Jr., per elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/60645 6/7