United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Giddens

Townsend, Judge.

In this workmen’s compensation case the claimant Was employed as a crane operator for the employer, Hercules, Inc., and was injured in a fight with fellow employees. The heai’ing director found as a matter of fact that the claimant was the aggressor in the fight with the fellow em-employees and that accordingly the injury was not due to an accident arising out of the employment within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The case was appealed to the superior court and the judge thereof entered an order reversing the award on the grounds that there was not sufficient…