Blanes García v. Capital of Puerto Rico

Plaintiffs in an action for damages appeal from a judgment of dismissal. They submit that the district court erred: in assuming that the instant case involves the acts of municipal employees in the street cleaning service, or engaged in the removal of garbage; in holding that the Capital of Puerto Rico was not liable for the acts of its employees and agents when acting in a governmental capacity, and in dismissing the action upon that theory.

Plaintiffs alleged that defendant, in the exercise of its municipal functions, maintained and operated for the official use of its respective bureaus and…