Kight v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

Shulman, Judge.

Appellant worked in an office in which, apparently, a certain amount of horseplay was indulged in. Some of this activity took place between appellant and a fellow employee, one Amos Fussell. On May 27, 1975, the manager reprimanded both of these employees because of an incident in which appellant called Fussell a "tar baby.” There was some evidence that on July 29,1975, appellant hit Fussell on the nose with a clipboard. The next morning appellant jabbed his fist into Fussell’s face. After this fusillade of minimal violence, Fussell came up behind appellant and pulled his chair…