de J. Cordero v. American Railroad

Agustín Guadalupe Pérez was the chauffeur and Manuel Comas the passenger of an automobile which collided at a railroad crossing with a train of the defendant, resulting in the death of Guadalupe and the injury of Comas. As Guadalupe was killed in the course of his employment, his natural children and parents were paid $1,882.40 as workman’s compensation by the Administrator of the State Fund pursuant to § 3, paragraph 5, Act No. 45, Laws of Puerto Rico, 1935 (p. 250).

'Under § 31 of the Act if a third party is responsible for an accident for which the State Fund is obligated to compensate the…