Geeslin v. Workmen's Compensation Commissioner

McHUGH, Justice:

Daniel Geeslin appeals an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board which denied him compensation benefits on the ground that his injury was a result of his willful misconduct and, therefore, not compensable. We find the Appeal Board clearly erroneous in its application of the law, and reverse and remand.

Geeslin was injured during a fight with Nathan Koons, a foreman employed by ap-pellee, Irvin H. Whitehouse & Sons Co., a commercial painting firm. The setting and events leading up to the altercation are important to the resolution of this appeal. Koons and Geeslin…