Díaz Quiñones v. Central Lafayette

Mu. J ustick SNydbr

delivered, the opinion of the court.

Central Lafayette transports cane it grinds from the fields to its mill in cane cars hauled by a locomotive. One of its locomotives was pulling fifteen cars loaded with cane upgrade at five’ or six miles an hour. A nine year old boy approached one of the moving cars and attempted to grab a piece of cane. The cane was so tightly packed that the boy was dragged alongside the car. He fell on the track, was run over by the wheels of the car, and was killed. His parents filed this suit against Central Lafayette for damages. The district court…