Rivera Rivera v. Industrial Commission

Mr. Justice Ramírez Bages

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Manager of the State Insurance Fund appeals before this Court from the decision of the Industrial Commission of Puerto Rico of February 26, 1971, to the effect that it is not proper to deduct the compensation of $6,000 paid by petitioner to the injured worker for a condition of glaucoma resulting from a labor accident, from the compensation for total disability resulting from said injury, after falling immediately following receipt of treatment for his glaucoma condition. We conclude that the deduction lies, and by virtue…