Practice question
A worker has recovered the civil liability for a ULP in the administrative proceeding and seeks a second recovery under the Civil Code for that same liability. No distinct unrecovered wrong is alleged. Which is correct?
- Article 258 bars recovery under the Civil Code after the administrative recovery of that civil liability.
- The same liability must always be recovered twice.
- Changing the pleading’s title automatically creates a second injury.
- Every ULP award is merely a loan.
- The administrative recovery has no statutory consequence.
Legal references
- Labor Code, as amended, Articles 258 [247], 259 [248], 260 [249], 273 [260] and 277 [262-B]: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
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