Johnson v. Nationwide Life Insurance

On September 5, 1963, plaintiff was an employee of the People’s Baking Company in Detroit. "While on the job, he had gone to change fuses and upon returning, his foreman came up and cursed him. Brief fisticuffs resulted, the plaintiff returned to his work, and the foreman departed. Fifteen or 20 minutes later, the foreman returned and, without warning, stabbed plaintiff first in the back and then twice in the chest with a screwdriver, requiring hospitalization, medical attention and surgery, which were billed directly to the plaintiff.

At the time, defendant insurance company had a…