Case Digest (G.R. No. L-14827)
Facts:
Chua Yeng v. Michaela Roma, G.R. No. L-14827. October 31, 1960, the Supreme Court En Banc, Reyes, J., writing for the Court.
Petitioner Chua Yeng appealed by certiorari from the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission (WCC), dated September 17, 1958, and its resolution en banc dated December 4, 1958, which awarded compensation for the death of Santos Romeo.
On May 16, 1956, Santos Romeo was employed by petitioner as a cargador engaged in loading and unloading copra at petitioner’s warehouse on C. Padilla Street, Cebu City. In the morning of that day he asked and obtained permission from his employer to go across the street to petitioner’s house to get a drink because the water pump in the warehouse was out of order and no supply was available at the workplace. While in the kitchen of petitioner’s house, Romeo observed a puppy eating some fried fish belonging to his employer inside an open cabinet; he first attempted to drive the puppy away by saying “tse,” and then made a hand motion to shoo it off. In that motion the puppy bit Romeo on his right hand.
Romeo later developed hydrophobia from the dog bite and died on June 26, 1958. It appeared that the puppy was not owned by petitioner. The WCC found the death to have arisen out of and in the course of employment and awarded compensation; the WCC’s decision and its en banc resolution were adverse to petitioner. The case was brought to the Supreme Court by appeal by certiorari. The Court accepted the WCC’s f...(Pro-only)
Issues:
- Are the findings of fact of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission final and binding because they are supported by substantial evidence?
- Did Santos Romeo’s death by hydrophobia from a puppy bite arise out of and in the course of his employment, notwithstanding that the bite occurred in petitioner’s house while Romeo went to get a drink and made a mo...(Pro-only)
Ruling:
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Ratio:
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Doctrine:
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