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12-000379-07(8) accordingly REINSTATED, with the modification that Transocean,
Salinas, and General Marine shall be jointly and solidarily liable to Inocencio for the
payment of PhP 500,000 representing the medical expenses agreed to by them in their
Position Paper before the Labor Arbiter, inclusive of the actual expenses incurred by
Inocencio, and the sickness allowance of USD 4,616. Interest shall be imposed on them
at the rate of 6% per annum from June 15, 2006 until the finality of this Decision and
at 12% per annum from finality of this Decision until paid.
The Labor Arbiter shall determine the actual medical expenses incurred by Inocencio.
No costs.
SO ORDERED.
Peralta, Abad, Mendoza, and Leonen, JJ., concur.
[1] Rollo (G.R. Nos. 194518 & 194524), pp. 25-37. Penned by Associate Justice Amy c.
LazaroJavier and concurred in by Associate Justices Rebecca De Guia-Salvador and
Sesinando E. Villon.
[2] Id. at 39-40.
[3] "Ttrans Ocean" in some parts of the records.
[4] He was also the owner and general manager of the company.
[5] Rollo (G.R. Nos. 191518 & 194524), p. 41.
[6] Id. at 42, Foreign Medical Report.
[7] Id. at 43.
[8] Rollo (G.R. Nos. 194490-91 ), pp. 106-107.
[9] Id. at 238.
[10] Id. at 103. Penned by Commisioner Gregorio O. Bilog III and concurred in by
Presiding Comm issioner Lourdes C. Javier and Commissioner Tito F. Genilo.
[11] Id. at 139 (Annex "9," Transocean, et al.'s position Paper).
[12] Id. at 102. As regards medical expenses, the NLRC's Decision state, "[T]he records
reflect, and [Transocean, Salinas, and General Marine] admit, that [Transocean, et
al.] agreed to shoulder the treatment/chemotherapy of [inocencio], costing
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