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Private respondents filed complaints against petitioner for illegal dismissal. The parties later settled amicably and private respondents executed a Satisfaction of Judgment/Release of Claim in favor of petitioner. The court ruled the settlement was legitimate and dismissed the case, as settlements of labor claims should be upheld between parties per the settled rule of law. As there was no longer a justiciable controversy, the case was deemed moot and dismissible with respect to private respondents.

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Case 2 Digest

Private respondents filed complaints against petitioner for illegal dismissal. The parties later settled amicably and private respondents executed a Satisfaction of Judgment/Release of Claim in favor of petitioner. The court ruled the settlement was legitimate and dismissed the case, as settlements of labor claims should be upheld between parties per the settled rule of law. As there was no longer a justiciable controversy, the case was deemed moot and dismissible with respect to private respondents.

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DOCTRINE: “The settled rule is that legitimate waivers resulting from voluntary settlements of

laborers’ claims should be treated and upheld as the law between the parties.”

WILLIAM GO QUE CONSTRUCTION AND/OR WILLIAM GO


QUE, Petitioner, v. COURT OF APPEALS AND DANNY SINGSON, RODOLFO
PASAQUI,1 LENDO LOMINIQUI,2 AND JUN ANDALES, Respondents.

G.R. No. 191699, April 19, 2016

FACTS:
Private respondents filed complaints for illegal dismissal against petitioner before the NLRC,
claiming that they were hired as steel men, and were regular employees of petitioner until their
illegal dismissal. They alleged that petitioner failed to pay their monetary benefits. Petitioner
averred that private respondents were hired as project employees during the specific period of
construction. Petitioner filed a complaint for theft against private respondents for allegedly
stealing metals during the construction. Thereafter, private respondents no longer reported for
work.
Private respondents amicably settled with petitioner, and executed a Satisfaction of
Judgment/Release of Claim in favor of the petitioner.
ISSUE: Whether or not the Satisfaction of Judgment/Release of Claim executed by the petitioner
is meritorious.
RULING:
Yes. With respect to private respondents on account of the Satisfaction of
Judgment/Release of Claim they executed in petitioner’s favor subsequent to the filing of the
instant case. Notably, respondents thru their counsel moved that the instant petition be dismissed.
The settled rule is that legitimate waivers resulting from voluntary settlements of laborers’
claims should be treated and upheld as the law between the parties. In view of the foregoing
developments, there is no longer any justiciable controversy between petitioner and private
respondents rendering the instant case moot and academic, and dismissible with respect to them.

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