Castellano Rosario v. Puerto Rico Beverages & Flavoring, Inc.

Mr. Justice Pérez Pimentel

delivered the opinion of the Court.

On May 25, 1949 and at Bolivar Street, Stop 24 in San-turce, engine No. 602, property of the American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico, collided with a truck belonging to the Puerto Rico Beverages and Flavoring, Inc. As a result of said collision a laborer working in said truck, named Domingo Castellano Rivera, died. The Manager of the State Insurance Fund found that said laborer was working for an uninsured employer and granted a compensation of $2,761, *832to his beneficiaries, 40 per cent of said amount belonging to the widow and 20…