Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Harris

Subdivision (j) of section 7596 of the Code (Workmen’s Compensation Act) declares:

“Personal Injuries, efe. — Without otherwise affecting either the meaning or interpretation of the abridged clause, injuries by an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, it is hereby declared: * * * [It] shall not include an injury caused by the act of a third person or fellow employee intended to injure the employee because of reasons personal to him, and not directed against him as an employee, or because of his employment.”

We have several times discussed and applied this provision of the…