Medical abandonment will result in incomplete assessment and the filing of complaint prior to the lapse of the 240-day period shall be premature. Thus, the SC […]
Fraudulent misrepresentation arises from concealment of a pre-existing medical condition. For knowingly concealing his hypertension during the PEME, a seafarer committed fraudulent misrepresentation which unconditionally bars […]
Medical abandonment does not arise given that the company-designated physician, in the confidential medical report dated November 3, 2015, had already declared the former to have […]
In the course of the treatment, the seafarer shall also report regularly to the company-designated physician specifically on the dates as prescribed by the company-designated physician […]
