Matter of Rydeen v. Monarch Furniture Co.

The quarrel in this case between the two employees Rydeen and Foster arose we think out of and in the course of the employment. The dispute which resulted in Rydeen’s injury was over the work which Foster was expected to do and which he had neglected. This brings the claim within the cases of Matter of Knocks v. Metal Packing Corp. (231 N. Y. 78) and Matter of Heitz v. Ruppert (218 N. Y. 148). In the latter case we held that when one employee injures another in a quarrel over the manner of working together in a common employment, the accident ‘arose out of the employment if it was connected…