5/28/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly SO ORDERED. Del Castillo, Villarama, Jr.,* Reyes,** and Leonen, JJ., concur. * Designated Acting Member per Special Order No. 1767 dated 27 August 2014. ** Designated Acting Member per Special Order No. 1763 dated 26 August 2014 in relation to Special Order No. 1776 dated 28 August 2014. [1] Under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure. [2] Rollo, pp. 102-115. Penned by Associate Justice Amy C. Lazaro-Javier, with Presiding Justice Andres B. Reyes, Jr. and Associate Justice Sesinando E. Villon, concurring. [3] Id. at 36. [4] Id. at 223-231. [5] Id. at 273. [6] Id. at 280. [7] Id. at 289. [8] Id. at 131-132. [9] Id. at 354. [10] Under the schedule of disability allowances in Section 32 of the POEA-SEC, a grade 11 disability is entitled to US$7,465 (US$50,000 x 14.93%). However, the Labor Arbiter ruled that since private respondents have admitted in their pleadings that under the CBA, petitioner is entitled to US$12,551 for his grade 11 disability, then this is tantamount to an admission against interest. Thus, the Labor Arbiter held that petitioner is entitled to US$12,551 disability benefits plus attorney’s fees. In their position paper to the NLRC, respondents stated that since petitioner has disability grade 11, then he is entitled to US$12,551 (i.e. 14.93% multiplied to the maximum allowable benefit of US$70,000 as provided in the CBA). Id. at 263. [11] Id. at 354. [12] G.R. No. 177578, 25 January 2012, 664 SCRA 134. [13] Rollo, p. 289. elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/57487 8/13