Hersh v. Kentfield Builders, Inc.

In the course of his business as a salesman' of .kitchen cabinets, plaintiff Melvin Hersh arranged a meeting with the president of corporate defendant Kentfield Builders, Inc. This meeting was to take place in one of the model homes Kent-field Builders, Inc. was then erecting. While Melvin Hersh was waiting in a model home he was, without provocation of any kind, assaulted by Benton Hutchinson with a linoleum knife and most seriously injured. Hutchinson was an employee of defendant Kentfield Builders, Inc.

Plaintiffs sued defendants on the ground that defendants were negligent in hiring a man…