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KLEIN v. NEW YORK TIMES CO.

721 A.2d 29 (1998)

317 N.J. Super. 41

Robert KLEIN, Petitioner-Respondent, v. The NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Respondent-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 15, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Greenwood, Newark, for respondent-appellant (Carpenter, Bennett and Morrissey, attorneys; Mr. Greenwood, of counsel; Joel L. Botwick, on the brief).

Bonnie Kass-Viola, Toms River, for petitioner-respondent.

Before Judges KEEFE, EICHEN, and COBURN.

The opinion of the court was delivered by COBURN, J.A.D.

In this workers' compensation case, the employee, Robert Klein, enraged by his supervisor's criticism, smashed his fist against an electrical box, breaking bones in his hand. The judge of compensation held that the employee's self-inflicted injury was compensable because he acted impulsively while at work and did not intend to harm himself. Although we have no quarrel with the judge's factual determinations...

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