Camacho v. Compañía Popular de Transporte, Inc.

The defendant is engaged in the business of transportation of passengers, for pay, in ferry boats plying between Sán Juan and Cataño. On August 22, 1942, at 9:45 A. M., defendant’s boat No. 5 left Cataño for San Juan in one of its ordinary trips, and its covering was blown off by a gust of wind which threw into the sea the top cover of the upper deck, several lifesavers, and some of the benches which were commonly used by passengers. The violence of the wind also threw into the bay, the minor Ángel David Camacho, who traveled as passenger and who, as a result of the accident, was drowned.…