Facts:

• The case involves Industrial Timber Corporation and Lorenzo Tangsoc as petitioners against the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), Concordia Dos Pueblos, and Lolita Sanchez as respondents.
• The private respondents were illegally dismissed on April 26, 1986.
• They filed a complaint, which Labor Arbiter Amado M. Solamo decided on February 26, 1987.
• The Labor Arbiter ordered reinstatement without loss of seniority rights and awarded back wages totaling P24,300 each, along with P10,000 each for moral and exemplary damages and 10% of the total award for attorney's fees.
• The NLRC affirmed this decision on February 3, 1992, and directed payment of severance benefits if reinstatement was not possible.
• The resolution became final and executory on March 9, 1992.
• On March 20, 1992, the private respondents filed an ex parte motion for a writ of execution, claiming non-reinstatement and entitlement to back salaries.
• A computation by Fiscal Examiner Renrico N. Pacamo indicated each respondent was entitled to P175,964.84, covering three years of back wages and benefits.
• Labor Arbiter Leon P. Murillo concurred with the computation, and the NLRC modified the award to P375,795.20.
• The petitioners' motion for reconsideration was denied due to tardiness, leading them to appeal to the Supreme Court, alleging grave abuse of discretion by the NLRC.

Issue:

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Ruling:

• The Supreme Court ruled that the NLRC did not err in modifying the monetary award, as the modification was justified by subsequent circumstances.
• The Court affirmed the NLRC's denial of the petitioners'...(Unlock)

Ratio:

• The Supreme Court noted that while a final and executory judgment typically cannot be modified, exceptions exist when supervening events make execution impossible or unjust.
• The time elapsed since the original decision requ...continue reading