S. Jack Musick v. Puerto Rico Telephone Company

ALDRICH, Chief Judge.

This case raises a narrow question involving the “contractor-under” provision of the Puerto Rico Workmen’s Accident Compensation Act, 11 L.P.R.A. § 1 et seq. Defendant, Puerto Rico Telephone Company, which we take to be a generally insured employer, 1 subcontracted certain of its construction and maintenance work to Intercontinental Communications Corporation. Pursuant to a requirement in its contract with Telephone, Intercontinental maintained workmen’s compensation insurance to cover its employees. Plaintiff-appellant, 2 an employee of Intercontinental, was injured…