White v. Kansas City Stock Yards Co.

Citations

• 104 Kan. 90
• 177 P. 522
• 1919 Kan. LEXIS 190

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Compensation Act — Sportive Acts of Coemployees — Injuries—Liability of Employer. An employer is liable under the workmen’s compensation act for injuries sustained by an employee from an electric shock caused by a mischievous prank of his fellow workmen, when it is shown that the perpetration of such pranks had become a custom on the employer’s premises, and consequently had become an incident to the employment.</p> <p>2. Same — Dangerous Practical Jokes — Knowledge of Foreman — Notice to Master\\ The person designated by the master to direct the work of employees is a foreman, however limited in other respects his authority may be, and the knowledge of such foreman that dangerous practical jokes were being perpetrated by some of his employees at the expensé of other employees was notice to the master.</p>