PEPKA SPRING CO., INC. v. JONES

No. 778 S 153.

378 N.E.2d 857 (1978)

PEPKA SPRING COMPANY, Inc., Appellant, v. Phillip N. JONES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

July 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael V. Gooch, Harrison, Moberly & Gaston, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Edgar W. Bayliff, Richard L. Russell, Bayliff, Harrigan, Cord & Maugans, P.C., Kokomo, John M. Guy, Siferd, Roth, Christopher & Guy, Monticello, for appellee.


PIVARNIK, Justice, dissenting.

I dissent to the denial of transfer in this case.

It is uncontradicted that the plaintiff, whose grant of workmen's compensation benefits has been sustained, did throw a spring at his assailant and co-worker, shortly before that assailant threw a spring back at him, blinding plaintiff's eye. Whatever plaintiff's motives for his conduct, this conduct is clearly characterized in the law as "horseplay." Lincoln v. Whirlpool Corp...

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