Jones v. American Employers Insurance

Painter, Judge.

I. Facts

On December 5,1990, Clair Jones and Louis Wetherill, officers in the company Hydrotech, Inc. (“Hydrotech”), had dinner and drinks with two employees at the Kenwood Country Club (“the club”) in order to get better acquainted with a new employee, Jack Droder. After dinner and as the group was leaving the premises, Jones and Wetherill engaged in fisticuffs. Jones and Wetherill were separated by their two employees, and they left the club. A waiter at the club, John Michael Smith, was allegedly injured while assisting in breaking up the fight.

Smith brought an action against…