Brown v. Vanity Fair Mills, Inc.

MADDOX, Justice.

Douglas Brown, in a one-count complaint, which the Reporter of Decisions will set out in full, charged that one of Vanity Fair’s employees, Herman Melton, came to the cabinet shop where he was working and hit him in the head with a hammer, severely injuring him. Brown contends Vanity Fair is responsible, as we understand his contention, on the ground that Vanity Fair knew Melton had “dangerous proclivities,” and that Vanity Fair was negligent in employing and retaining Melton and entrusting the hammer to him.

Vanity Fair’s demurrer to the complaint was sustained. Plaintiff…