CORDOVA HOME VILLAGE/EDELIZA HANZEN/ERIK HANZEN, PETITIONERS, VS. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, SEVENTH DIVISION, GLEEN TUBILLA, VIRGINIA ZAMORA, BENIGNO GAVIOLA, CERILO …
LAGURA-YAP, J.:
In their Joint Motion to Dismiss[2], the parties stated that they have entered into a settlement for the Satisfaction of Judgment before the Acting Executive Labor Arbiter, Regional Arbitration, Branch No. VII of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC). Attached herewith is the Satisfaction of Judgment[3] duly signed by both counsels, viz:
COMES NOW, complainants, through counsel, unto this HONORABLE COMMISSION, most respectfully states:
WHEREAS, a Decision was rendered in the above-entitled case ordering the respondent to pay the complainant the amount of PESOS: THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE & 11/100 (P328,353.11);
WHEREAS, complainants have accepted the sum of PESOS: TWO HUNDRED FORTY-SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR & 83/100 (P246, 264.83) from the respondents as full satisfaction of the said decision;
WHEREFORE, complainants and respondent (sic), through their respective counsels hereby execute this satisfaction of judgment and pray that it would be duly entered in the docket.
Cebu City, Philippines, June 19, 2014.
Considering that there is already a Satisfaction of Judgment rendered before Acting Executive Labor Arbiter, Regional Arbitrtion, Branch No. VII of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), the instant petition is deemed moot and academic.
WHEREFORE, as prayed for, the instant Joint Motion to Dismiss is hereby GRANTED. Accordingly, this case is DISMISSED, with prejudice.
SO ORDERED.
Ingles,* and Lopez, JJ., concur.
* In lieu of Justice Edgardo L. Delos Santos who is on wellness leave per Office Order No. 13-14-GTI.
[1] Filed by the parties on this Court on June 24, 2014. Then received by the Judicial Records Division (CA-JRD) on June 25, 2014 and forwarded to the Division Clerk of Court on the same date.
[2] Rollo, pages 317-318.
[3] Rollo, pages 319-320.