G.R. NO. 166580 - PRUDENTIAL SHIPPING AND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION AND ZENITH SHIPPING INVESTMENT, LTD., VS. EMERLINDA A. STA. RITA, FOR HERSELF AND IN BEHALF OF RENE A. STA. RITA. D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

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WHEREFORE, premises considered, judgment is hereby rendered ordering herein respondents Prudential Shipping and Management Corporation and Zenith Shipping Investment, Inc., jointly and severally, to pay herein surviving spouse complainant Emerlinda A. Sta. Rita and her child, Rene, surnamed Sta. Rita, the following: The sum of US$1,340.00 as sickness allowance; The sum of US$50,000.00 as death compensation benefits, plus the sum of US$7,000.00 for herein minor child Rene; The sum of US$1,000.00 burial expenses; and The further sum of ten percent (10%) of the monetary award due complainant, or US$5,934.00, as attorney's fees. All other claims are dismissed for lack of merit. SO ORDERED.