April 2016 - Philippine Supreme Court Decisions/Resolutions
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G.R. No. 191616, April 18, 2016 - FRANCIS C. CERVANTES, Petitioner, v. CITY SERVICE CORPORATION AND VALENTIN PRIETO, JR., Respondents.
THIRD DIVISION
G.R. No. 191616, April 18, 2016
FRANCIS C. CERVANTES, Petitioner, v. CITY SERVICE CORPORATION AND VALENTIN PRIETO, JR., Respondents.
D E C I S I O N
PERALTA, J.:
This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court filed by petitioner Francis Cervantes assailing the Resolutions of the Court of Appeals (CA), dated October 30, 20091 and March 11, 20102 in CA-G.R. SP No. 111037, which dismissed petitioner's petition for certiorari for having been filed out of time and denied the petitioner's motion for reconsideration, respectively.
The instant petition stemmed from a Complaint for illegal dismissal dated December 19, 2007 filed before the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) by petitioner Francis C. Cervantes against respondents City Service Corporation and/or Valentin Prieto, Jr. for illegal dismissal, underpayment of