P.R. Laws tit. 11, § 5

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§ 5. Excepted cases of accidents

Accidents occurring under the following circumstances are not compensable labor accidents, and, therefore, shall not entitle a workman or employee, or his heirs, to compensation under this chapter:

(1) When the workman or employee attempts to commit a crime or to injure his employer or any other person, or when he wilfully causes himself the injury.

(2) When the workman or employee is intoxicated, provided such intoxication is the cause of the accident.

(3) When the recklessness of the workman or employee is the sole cause of the injury.

History —Apr. 18, 1935, No. 45, p. 250, § 4; May 7, 1962, No. 7, p. 6, § 1.