Mendía v. Industrial Commission

Mr. Justice Ramírez Bages

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Manager of the State Insurance Fund requests that we review the decision of the Industrial Commission of Puerto Rico, which grants compensation for the death of the worker Félix González Otero, which occurred when he fell and drowned in a river while he was going home from work after taking a shortcut at about one kilometer from the place of the road where his employer’s vehicle, which provided transportation to and from work, had left him.

We believe the error assigned in this case—providing-compensation—has not been committed.…