United States Casualty Company v. Henry

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a compensation case. Plaintiff was injured as the result of a fight on the employer’s premises. Trial was to a jury which found that plaintiff was injured in the course and scope of his employment. Judgment was entered for plaintiff, on the verdict, for $3315.87. Defendant did not file a motion for a new trial, but appeals directly from the overruling of its motion for judgment non obstante veredicto. The sole issue, therefore, is whether there is my evidence to support the jury’s finding that plaintiff was injured in the course and scope of his employment.

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