Case Name: Juana Rivera Cabrera and the minor Restituto Maldonado Alvarado, etc., Petitioners, v. Industrial Commission of Puerto Rico, etc., Respondent; G. Atiles Moréu, Manager of the State Insurance Fund, Intervener
Court: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico
Decision Date: 1956-06-18
Citations: 79 P.R. 365
Docket Number: No. 494
Parties: Juana Rivera Cabrera and the minor Restituto Maldonado Alvarado, etc., Petitioners, v. Industrial Commission of Puerto Rico, etc., Respondent; G. Atiles Moréu, Manager of the State Insurance Fund, Intervener.
Judges: The Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Marrero dissented.
Reporter: Puerto Rico Reports
Volume: 79
Pages: 365–369

Head Matter:
Juana Rivera Cabrera and the minor Restituto Maldonado Alvarado, etc., Petitioners, v. Industrial Commission of Puerto Rico, etc., Respondent; G. Atiles Moréu, Manager of the State Insurance Fund, Intervener.
No. 494.
Argued May 9, 1956.
Decided June 18, 1956.
A. Cadilla Ginorio for petitioners. Aida Casarías O’Connor and Donald R. Dexter for intervener.

Opinion:
Per curiam.
In view of the workman's idiopathic condition (hypertrophy and acute dilatation of the heart), of which his employer had knowledge, the nature of his work, and the exertion made by him shortly before his death resulting from cardiac collapse brought about by dilatation of the heart, it was established in this case that the workman made the unusual exertion which is required for death to constitute a compensable accident under Act No. 45 of April 18, 1935 (Sess. Laws, p. 250), as amended. See Cordero v. Indus trial Commission, 68 P.R.R. 118 (1948); Masse v. James H. Robinson Co., 301 N. Y. 34, 92 N. E. 2d 56 (1950). Consequently, the order of the Industrial Commission will be set aside and the ease is remanded for determination of the corresponding compensation under the law.
The Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Marrero dissented.