Benike v. Scarborough Insurance Trust

This case was presented on a stipulation of facts, the relevant portions of which follow.

On June 12, 1982, plaintiff’s 15-year-old son was taken into custody by the police and after medical treatment was released to his parents. In the early evening of that date a shot was heard coming from the son’s bedroom and when plaintiff went to the bedroom he discovered the boy suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The boy was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba for emergency care and then to Marquette General Hospital where surgery was performed.

Plaintiffs employer, State Bank of…