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2015-11-09 |
JARDELEZA, J. |
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| Affidavits may be sufficient to establish substantial evidence. Substantial evidence means "that amount of relevant evidence which a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to justify a conclusion."[34] In Capitol Medical Center, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Commission,[35] this Court gave credence to the affidavits of the 17 employees of Capitol Medical Center, its security guards, and the union members, to the effect that no strike vote took place, in that case, while the Labor Arbiter upheld the affidavits of the employees, guards and union members of Capitol Medical Center, the NLRC and the Court of Appeals ruled that the affidavits had no probative value because they were executed out of fear. The Court of Appeals also noted that the affidavits were uniform and pro forma. In reversing the Court of Appeals, this Court ruled: The allegations in the foregoing affidavits [of the overseer of the parking lot and the two security guards] belie the claim of the respondents and the finding of the NLRC that a secret balloting took place on November 10, 1997 in front of the hospital at the corner of Scout Magbanua Street and Panay Avenue, Quezon City, x x x Indeed, 17 of those who purportedly voted in a secret voting executed their separate affidavits that no secret balloting took place on November 10, 1997 and that even if they were not members of the respondent Union, were asked to vote and sign attendance papers. The respondents failed to adduce substantial evidence that the said affiants were coerced into executing the said affidavits. The bare fact that some portions of the said affidavits are similarly worded does not constitute substantial evidence that the petitioner forced, intimidated or coerced the affiants to execute the same.[36] (Emphasis supplied). | |||||