Nichols v. Ford Motor Co.

The question here for decision is whether an employee can be entitled to an award of compensation against his employer, under the workmen’s compensation act, after having sued a fellow employee (third party) for damages occasioned by the injury for which compensation is sought. In chronological order, the circumstances under which this question arises are as follows:

On December 9, 1940, the plaintiff was injured during an altercation with one John Leonard, a fellow employee, while working - for the defendant, Ford Motor Company. Plaintiff asked his employer for compensation for the injury,…