Opinion ID: 194680
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The relevant provision in the contract reads:

Text: H.18 INSURANCE Within fifteen (15) days after the award of this contract, the Contractor [Vigilantes] shall furnish the OIC [a United States government agency] certificate of insurance as evidence of the existence of the following insurance coverage in amounts not less than the amounts specified below in accordance with the INSURANCE - WORK ON A GOVERNMENT INSTALLATION clause, Section I. COVERAGE COVERAGE PER PERSON PER ACCIDENT PROPERTY Comprehensive $300,000 $1,000,000 $100,000GeneralLiability Automobile $300,000 $1,000,000 $100,000 Liability Worker's AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW Compensation (Other as required by State Law) -10- injury, brought his claim for compensation and recovered. Given the terms of the contract between the parties, it is clear that under Puerto Rico law the requisite legal nexus existed between the United States and Vigilantes, and thus that the United States was properly found by the district court to be immune as appellant's statutory employer. Appellant makes only one attack on the district court's application of Puerto Rico law to the facts, arguing that the contract between Vigilantes and the United States was essentially a contract for hire recognized by 31 L.P.R.A. 4111, and that this type of contract creates only a relationship of employer-employee, not contractorsubcontractor.4 However, section 4111 only entitles The Certificate of Insurance shall provide for thirty days written notice to the OIC by the insurance company prior to cancellation or material change in policy coverage. Other requirements and information are contained in the aforementioned Insurance clause.