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The Court of Appeals granted the Petition for Certiorari and held that the National Labor
Relations Commission gravely abused its discretion in affirming the Labor Arbiter's
ruling.[27] It found that Nonay failed to provide substantial evidence to prove her
allegation that her illness is work-related.[28] The Court of Appeals gave greater weight
to the findings of the company-designated physician holding that the companydesignated physician "had acquired detailed knowledge and was familiar with [Nonay's]
medical condition."[29]
The dispositive portion of the Court of Appeals Decision[30] states:
WHEREFORE, the present petition is GRANTED. The Resolutions dated
September 28, 2011 and November 29, 2011 of public respondent National
Labor Relations Commission are NULLIFIED and SET ASIDE. The
complaint of private respondent Maricel S. Nonay is DISMISSED.
For humanitarian considerations, petitioners are ORDERED to pay private
respondent financial assistance in the amount of P50,000.00.
SO ORDERED.[31] (Emphasis in the original)
Nonay moved for reconsideration, but the Motion was denied by the Court of Appeals in
the Resolution[32] dated April 12, 2013.
While the Petition for Certiorari was pending before the Court of Appeals, Bahia
Shipping paid Nonay the amount of P3,780,040.00 pursuant to the final and executory
Decision of the National Labor Relations Commission.[33] Thus, the Court of Appeals
also stated in its April 12, 2013 Resolution that:
The manifestation of petitioners in their comment that "they paid the
amount of Php 3,780,040.00 to Private Respondent based on the judgment
award of the Third Division of Public Respondent NLRC," with their prayer
"that Private Respondent be ordered to return to Petitioners the judgment
award less the Php 50,000.00 humanitarian award granted by this Honorable
Court in her favor," is merely noted. The same pertains to execution and
must be threshed out before the labor arbiter at the execution stage when
the Court's judgment becomes final and executory.[34] (Citation omitted)
On June 5, 2013, Nonay filed a "Petition for Certiorari"[35] before this court, but the
contents of her Petition indicated that it was a petition for review on certiorari under
Rule 45 of the Rules of Court.[36]
In the Resolution[37] dated July 17, 2013, this court required the respondents to
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