Arthur H. Thomas Co. v. Superior Court of Puerto Rico

While the young girl Nilda Iris Rodriguez was conducting laboratory experiments for her inorganic chemistry course in the College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts in Maya-güez, one of the campuses of the University of Puerto Rico, she suffered an accident when a glass tube broke and cut the tendons of the little finger of her right hand. Therefore, she brought a claim for damages against the University of Puerto Rico and its insurer, Federal Insurance Company.

The issue thus joined since the defendants had filed their answer — the facts set forth in the complaint were denied and as…