Harrison v. Tireman & Colfax Bump & Repair Shop

Memorandum Opinion. Plaintiffs employer inflicted a shotgun wound in plaintiffs neck. As a result, plaintiff is now a quadriplegic. The witnesses provided conflicting versions of the event.

Plaintiff testified that his employer, Jack White, approached him with a shotgun without provoca tion and struck him twice with the barrel. A fellow employee, Adam Herring, intervened and wrestled with White over the gun. A shot was fired, wounding the plaintiff.

Jack White testified that he and plaintiff had argued over work assigned to the plaintiff which had not been finished. Plaintiff is said to have…