Coto v. Anipecu, Inc.

SCHWARTZ, Judge.

While standing at the clothes line in the yard of her apartment house, Mrs. Coto was struck in the eye by a piece of wire thrown up by a power lawn mower being operated by her son, Rolando, Jr. Rolando was mowing the lawn at the apartment building, which was owned, along with the mower itself, by the present appellee, Anipecu, Inc. The mower had been entrusted by the corporation to its apartment co-managers, Mr. and Mrs. Alfaro, who were primarily responsible for the maintenance of the premises, including the lawn. Mr. Alfaro, however, had suffered a heart attack, and was thus…