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B. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS ENGAGED IN
SPECULATIONS WHEN IT RULED THAT "IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT THE INFARCT WAS CAUSED BY THE CEREBRAL
ACCIDENT ON NOVEMBER 13, 2013".
THE CT SCAN CLEARLY PROVED THAT THERE WAS NO
CEREBRAL EVENT OR ACCIDENT ON THE SAID DATE.
THE USE OF THE PHRASE "IT IS POSSIBLE" IS A CLEAR
INDICATION OF "SPECULATION".
C. THE QUESTION OF WHETHER YAMSON SUFFERED A
STROKE OR NOT WHILE WORKING ON BOARD THE VESSEL
OF PETITIONER, IS A QUESTION OF FACT WHICH IS NOT
THE PROPER SUBJECT OF A PETITION FOR CERTIORARI
BEFORE THE COURT OF APPEALS.
D. REALITIES ON BOARD M/V FOXHOUND MILITATES AGAINST
THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS' FINDINGS THAT THE
NATURE OF YAMSON'S EMPLOYMENT AS A THIRD OFFICER
HAS REGULARLY EXPOSED HIM TO STRESS, LACK OF SLEEP
AND OTHER SIMILAR HAZARDS WHICH LED HIM TO HAVE A
STROKE THAT THE CT SCAN SHOWED YAMSON DID NOT
HAVE A SCHEMIC STROKE NOR HEMORRHAGIC STROKE ON
NOVEMBER 13, 2013.
E. YAMSON COMMITTED FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION
ABOUT HIS PAST MEDICAL CONDITION IN HIS PEME WHEN
HE DID NOT DISCLOSE AND IN FACT CONCEALED FROM
THE PETITIONER THAT HE HAD ALREADY INCURRED A
CEREBRAL EVENT LONG BEFORE HIS PEME BEFORE BEING
EMPLOYED BY LISI.
F. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS FAULTED DR. TEVES,
THE COMPANY-DESIGNATED PHYSICIAN FOR HIS ALLEGED
FAILURE TO MAKE A COMPLETE ASSESSMENT OF YAMSON'S
HEALTH.
ON RECORD, IT WAS YAMSON WHO FAILED TO COMPLETE
HIS
POST
MEDICAL
EXAMINATION
AFTER
HIS
REPATRIATION PURSUANT TO SEC. 20(A), No. 3 OF THE
2010 POEA STANDARD EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. THIS IS
MEDICAL ABANDONMENT.
THE COURT COMMITTED GRAVE ABUSE OF DISCRETION
WHEN IT DISREGARDED THE FINDINGS OF THE COMPANYDESIGNATED PHYSICIAN WHO EXAMINED YAMSON FOR
NINE (9) DAYS IN FAVOR OF THE MEDICAL OPINION OF
THE PRIVATE PHYSICIAN OF YAMSON WHO EXAMINED HIM
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