5/19/2021
E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly
benefits.
WHEREFORE, the petition is GRANTED. The Decision dated August 31, 2017 of the
Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 146261 is REVERSED and SET ASIDE.
Respondents BSM Service Centre Phils., Inc., et al. are ORDERED to jointly and
solidarity pay petitioner Adex R. Macahilas permanent and total disability benefits
amounting to US$60,000.00 and attorney's fees amounting to US$6,000.00.
SO ORDERED.
Leonen, Gesmundo, Zalameda and Gaerlan, JJ., concur.
January 8, 2021
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT
Sirs / Mesdames:
Please take notice that on July 1, 2020 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 January 8, 2021 at 2:30 p.m.
Very truly
yours,
(Sgd.)
MISAEL
DOMINGO
C. BATTUNG
III
Division Clerk
of Court
[1]Rollo, pp. 31-63.
[2]Penned by Associate Justice Romeo F. Barza, with the concurrence of Associate
Justices Myra V. Garcia-Fernandez and Renato C. Francisco; id. at 13-24.
https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66559
7/10