Crane v. Patterson & Yeary Steel Co.

GULOTTA, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from the dismissal of his workmen’s compensation suit for disability from injuries sustained in a fight with a company superintendent which occurred on the work grounds during working hours. According to the claimant, he was punched by his employer and sustained face, neck and elbow injuries and suffered disfigurement because of the loss of dentures broken in the fight.

In written reasons for judgment, the trial judge stated:

“Plaintiff was not working on the day of the accident. Further, he had no intention of working that day, as he reported without his hard…