Legal Opinion

Vélez v. Industrial Commission

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Decided February 28, 1952No. 455Published

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chief Justice Todd, Jr.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted the petition of the Manager of the State Insurance Fund to review a decision of the Industrial Commission of Puerto Rico which, reversing a decision of the Manager, declared that the death of Tomás Marrero Delgado, a workman, was compensable. The facts, as to the *176accident sustained by the workman, are not in controversy, and follow:

On April 24, 1948, Tomás Marrero Delgado was operating a caterpillar tractor hauling cane cars for his employer Sosthenes Behn. The tractor fell in a ditch which the driver was unable to see…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Marshall v. C. F. Mueller Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1946
  2. Nyberg v. Little Falls Black Granite Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1938
  3. Dryden v. Omaha Steel WorksNebraska Supreme Court · 1947
  4. M. & W. Mining Co. v. LeeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1947
  5. Fraze v. McClelland Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1925

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