Seafarer shall submit himself to a post-employment medical examination by a company-designated physician within three working days upon his return. If a doctor appointed by the […]
Medical findings that provide that no other treatment intervention was indicated aside from continued self-guided home exercises and as needed intake of pain medication and the […]
Company-designated physician must come up with an assessment as to his fitness or unfitness to work before the expiration of the 120-day or 240-day periods. Alternatively […]
Final medical assessment on the seafarer’s disability grading is required to be issued to determine the extent of compensation. Thus, the SC held in the following […]
Assessment by the company-designated physician should be final and definitive. Without a valid final and definitive assessment from the company-designated doctors within the 120/240-day period, as […]
In the case of Marlow Navigation vs. The Heirs of Antonio Beato (Antonio), G.R. No. 233897, March 9, 2022 the seafarer (Antonio) suffered an illness during […]
The conflicting findings called for the referral to a third doctor jointly agreed upon by the parties and whose findings shall be final and binding upon […]
