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Court of Appeals (File photo) MANILA - The Court of Appeals (CA) has dismissed a suit filed by nearly 100 regular employees of a soda company after they were retrenched due to redundancy in 2018. The CA Special First Division dismissed the petition of 93 members of Coca-Cola Femsa Phils. Inc.'s (CCFPI) Manila Sales Force Union in a 16-page decision dated November 26 and uploaded recently, saying there was no proof that petitioners were coerced into signing the deed of receipt, release, waiver, and quitclaim. The appellate court said while the retrenched workers claimed they did not voluntarily sign the documents, "no fraud was employed in the execution of the deed and the consideration is sufficient and reasonable". The workers were in the pre-selling department, which markets and processes orders of stores, restaurants, and similar businesses. They were granted 175 percent of their salary per year of service as separation pay and hospitalization and medical benefits for